Synopses & Reviews
andlt;Bandgt;Thirty years after Robin Morgan's groundbreaking anthology, andlt;Iandgt;Sisterhood Is Powerfulandlt;/Iandgt; -- 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.andlt;/Bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;Iandgt;Sisterhood Is Foreverandlt;/Iandgt; -- 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." and#149; andlt;BRandgt; andlt;Bandgt;Edna Acosta-Beland#233;n and#149; Carol J. Adams and#149; Margot Adler and#149; Natalie Angier and#149; Ellen Appel-Bronstein and#149; Mary Baird and#149; Brenda Berkman and#149; Christine E. Bose and#149; Kathy Boudin and#149; Ellen Bravo and#149; Vednita Carter and#149; Wendy Chavkin and#149; Kimberland#233; Crenshaw and#149; Gail Dines and#149; Paula DiPerna and#149; Helen Drusine and#149; Andrea Dworkin and#149; Eve Ensler and#149; Barbara Findlen and#149; Mary Foley and#149; Patricia Friend and#149; Theresa Funiciello and#149; Carol Gilligan and#149; Sara K. Gould and#149; Ana Grossman The Guerrilla Girls and#149; Beverly Guy-Sheftall and#149; Kathleen Hanna and#149; Laura Hershey and#149; Anita Hill and#149; Florence Howe and#149; Donna M. Hughes and#149; Karla Jay and#149; Mae C. Jemison and#149; Carol Jenkins and#149; Claudia J. Kennedy and#149; Alice Kessler-Harris Clara Sue Kidwell and#149; Frances Kissling and#149; Sandy Lerner and#149; Suzanne Braun Levine and#149; Barbara Macdonald and#149; Catharine A. MacKinnon Jane Roland Martin and#149; Debra Michals and#149; Robin Morgan Jessica Neuwirth and#149; Judy Norsigian and#149; Eleanor Holmes Norton and#149; Grace Paley and#149; Emma Peters-Axtell Cynthia Rich Amy Richards and#149; Cecile Richards Carolyn Sachs and#149; Marianne Schnall and#149; Pat Schroeder and#149; Patricia Silverthorn and#149; Eleanor Smeal Roslyn D. Smith Gloria Steinem Mary Thom and#149; Jasmine Victoria and#149; Faye Wattleton and#149; Marie Wilson and#149; Helen Ziaandlt;/Bandgt;
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"Important...compelling...[Morgan] is intense and at times magnificent." The New York Times Book Review
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"[Morgan's] writing is evocative and accessible, and her message important." San Francisco Examiner Chronicle
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"Extremely intelligent, passionate...the fresh air of original thinking." Cosmopolitan
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"Admirable...The deepest strength is her writing, which is quietly powerful and unsentimentally lyrical." The New Statesman
Synopsis
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
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.