Feminist Generations: The Persistence of the Radical Women’s Movement

Published in 1995
309 pages

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Nancy Whittier is Sophia Smith Professor of Sociology at Smith College and the author of The Politics of Child Sexual AbuseFeminist Generations: The Persistence of the Radical Women’s Movement and co-editor of both Social Movements: Identity, Culture, and the State, and Feminist Frontiers.

What is this book about?
The radical feminist movement has undergone significant transformation from the direct action of the 1960s and 1970s to the backlash against feminism in the 1980s and 1990s. This title traces the changing definitions of feminism as the movement has evolved. It documents subtle variations in feminist identity.