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Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for the New Millennium

by Robin Morgan

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Thirty years after Robin Morgan's groundbreaking anthology, Sisterhood Is Powerful — named by The American Librarians' Association one of "The 100 Most Influential Books of the Twentieth Century" — comes this landmark new collection for the twenty-first century.

Sisterhood Is Forever — with over 60 original essays Morgan commissioned from well-known feminist leaders plus energetic Gen X and Y activists — is a composite mural of the female experience in America: where we've been, where we are, where we're going. The stunning scope of topics ranges from reproductive, health, and environmental issues to workplace inequities and the economics of women's unpaid labor; from globalization to the politics of aging; from cyberspace, violence against women, and electoral politics to spirituality, the law, the media, and academia. The deliberately audacious mix of contributors spans different generations, races, ethnicities, and sexual preferences: CEOs, housewives, rock stars, farmers, scientists, prostituted women, politicians, women in prison, firefighters, disability activists, artists, flight attendants, an army general, an astronaut, an anchorwoman, even a pair of teens who edit a girls' magazine. Each article celebrates the writer's personal voice — her humor, passion, anger, and the integrity of her perspective — while offering the latest data on women's status, political analysis, new "how-to" tools for activism, and visionary yet practical strategies for the future — strategies needed now more than ever. Robin Morgan's own contributions are everything her readers expect: prophetic, powerfully argued, unsentimentally lyrical. From her introduction: "The book you hold in your hands is a tool for the future — a future also in your hands." •

Edna Acosta-Belén • Carol J. Adams • Margot Adler • Natalie Angier • Ellen Appel-Bronstein • Mary Baird • Brenda Berkman • Christine E. Bose • Kathy Boudin • Ellen Bravo • Vednita Carter • Wendy Chavkin • Kimberlé Crenshaw • Gail Dines • Paula DiPerna • Helen Drusine • Andrea Dworkin • Eve Ensler • Barbara Findlen • Mary Foley • Patricia Friend • Theresa Funiciello • Carol Gilligan • Sara K. Gould • Ana Grossman The Guerrilla Girls • Beverly Guy-Sheftall • Kathleen Hanna • Laura Hershey • Anita Hill • Florence Howe • Donna M. Hughes • Karla Jay • Mae C. Jemison • Carol Jenkins • Claudia J. Kennedy • Alice Kessler-Harris Clara Sue Kidwell • Frances Kissling • Sandy Lerner • Suzanne Braun Levine • Barbara Macdonald • Catharine A. MacKinnon Jane Roland Martin • Debra Michals • Robin Morgan Jessica Neuwirth • Judy Norsigian • Eleanor Holmes Norton • Grace Paley • Emma Peters-Axtell Cynthia Rich Amy Richards • Cecile Richards Carolyn Sachs • Marianne Schnall • Pat Schroeder • Patricia Silverthorn • Eleanor Smeal Roslyn D. Smith Gloria Steinem Mary Thom • Jasmine Victoria • Faye Wattleton • Marie Wilson • Helen Zia

Review:

"Important...compelling...[Morgan] is intense and at times magnificent." The New York Times Book Review

Review:

"[Morgan's] writing is evocative and accessible, and her message important." San Francisco Examiner Chronicle

Review:

"Extremely intelligent, passionate...the fresh air of original thinking." Cosmopolitan

Review:

"Admirable...The deepest strength is her writing, which is quietly powerful and unsentimentally lyrical." The New Statesman

Synopsis:

Commissioning more than 50 original essays from established feminist leaders and artists as well as exciting new thinkers and activists, "Sisterhood Is Forever" is a landmark work, a composite mural of where women have been, where they are now, and where they're going.

About the Author

Robin Morgan, an award-winning writer, feminist leader, political theorist, journalist, and editor, has published seventeen books, including the best-selling The Demon Lover (Washington Square Press), and the now-classic anthologies Sisterhood Is Powerful and Sisterhood Is Global. A founder of contemporary U.S. feminism, she has also been a leader in the international Women's Movement for decades. Her latest books include A Hot January: Poems 1996-1999, and Saturday Child: A Memoir (2000). A recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Prize (Poetry), the Front Page Award for Distinguished Journalism, the Feminist Majority Foundation Award, and numerous other honors, she lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Pt. 1. Some basics — pt. 2. A movement for all seasons — pt. 3. Juggling jeopardies — pt. 4. Bodies politic — pt. 5. Workplaces — pt. 6. Tactics and trends — pt. 7. Politics for the new millennium — Personal postscripts.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780743466271
Subtitle:
The Women's Anthology for the New Millennium
Compiled:
Morgan, Robin
Introduction:
Morgan, Robin
Editor:
Morgan, Robin
Compiled:
Morgan, Robin
Author:
Morgan, Robin
Editor:
Morgan, Robin
Introduction:
Morgan, Robin
Publisher:
Washington Square Press
Location:
New York, NY
Subject:
General
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Sociology
Subject:
Feminism & Feminist Theory
Subject:
Social sciences
Subject:
Feminism
Subject:
Feminist
Subject:
Women's rights
Subject:
Women's Studies - General
Subject:
General Literary Criticism & Collections
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
no. 03-04
Publication Date:
March 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
512
Dimensions:
9.26x6.24x1.66 in. 1.55 lbs.

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