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Title Feminist organizations : harvest of the new women's movement / edited by Myra Marx Ferree and Patricia Yancey Martin
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1995

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Description xi, 474 pages ; 24 cm
Series Women in the political economy
Women in the political economy.
Contents Doing the work of the movement / Myra Marx Ferree, Patricia Yancey Martin -- What is the feminist movement? / Jane Mansbridge -- Discursive politics and feminist activism in the Catholic Church / Mary Fainsod Katzenstein -- "Like a Tarantula on a Banana Boat" / Amy Farrell -- Australian femocratic experiment / Hester Eisenstein -- Moving onto the terrain of the state / Claire Reinelt -- Outsider issues and insider tactics / Roberta Spalter-Roth, Ronnee Schreiber Feminist organization success and the politics of engagement / Joyce Gelb
Feminist clashes with the state / Nancy Matthews -- Feminist social movement organizations survive the New Right / Cheryl Hyde -- Confrontation and co-optation in antifeminist organizations / Susan Marshall -- Can feminist organizations be effective? / Suzanne Staggenborg -- Doing it for the kids / Mary Pardo -- Women's conceptions of the political / Linda Christiansen-Ruffman -- From seed to harvest / Jo Freeman
Feminist goals and organizing processes / Joan Acker -- Organizational learning in the Chicago Women's Liberation Union / Margaret Strobel -- Children of our culture? class, power, and learning in a feminist bank / Allison Tom Turning it over / Nancy Whittier -- Black women's collectivist movement organizations / Bernice McNair Barnett -- Watching for vibes / Verta Taylor -- "It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times" / Sandra Morgen Feminism on the job / Wendy Simonds -- Organizational basis of conflict in contemporary feminism / Carol Mueller -- Dilemmas of feminist coalitions / Gretchen Arnold
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-448) and index
Subject Feminism -- United States -- Societies, etc.
Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs.
Author Ferree, Myra Marx.
Martin, Patricia Yancey.
LC no. 94002718
ISBN 1566392284
1566392292