Red Feminism: American Communism and the Making of Women's Liberation by Kate We

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Red Feminism provides a more complex view of the history of the modern women's movement, showing how key Communist activists came to understand gender, sexism, and race as central components of culture, economics, and politics in American society.

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This text traces the development of a distinctive Communist strain of American feminism from its troubled beginnings in the 1930s, through its rapid growth in the Congress of American Women during the early years of the Cold War, to its culmination in Communist Party circles of the late 1940s and early 1950s. The author argues that, despite the devastating effects of anti-Communism and Stalinism on the progressive Left of the 1950s, Communist feminists such as Susan B. Anthony II, Betty Millard, and Eleanor Flexner managed to sustain many important elements of their work into the 1960s, when a new generation took up their cause and built an effective movement for women's liberation. "Red Feminism" aims to provide a more complex view of the history of the modern women's movement, showing how key Communist activists came to understand gender, sexism and race as central components of culture, economics and politics in American society.

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Weigand's staggeringly extensive research draws from previously unused sources, including the U.S. Communist press and the letters published therein on feminism. Red Feminism will become a classic work at the intersection of radical, feminist, and African-American history. -- Marvin E. Gettleman, Brooklyn Polytechnic University

Author Biography

Kate Weigand is an archivist at the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and teaches courses in U.S. history and women's studies.

Table of Contents

List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Old Left Women, the U.S. Women's Movement, and the Legacy of Anti-CommunismPart I: FoundationsChapter 1. Building Unity Amidst Diversity: Ethnicity, Race, and Gender in the Early Years of American CommunismChapter 2. The Mary Inman Controversy and the (Re)Construction of the Woman Question, 1936–1945Chapter 3. The Congress of American Women: Catalyst for Progressive FeminismPart II: TransformationsChapter 4. Women's Work Is Never done: Communists' Evolving Approach to the Woman Question, 1945–1956 Chapter 5. Claudia Jones and the Synthesis of Gender, Race, and ClassChapter 6. Communist Culture and the Politicization of Personal LifePart III: ConnectionsChapter 7. Old Left Feminism, the Second Wave, and BeyondNotesEssay on SourcesIndex

Review

Richly detailed... It will appeal to general readers interested in the history of U.S. progressive movements and women's history. Publishers Weekly The gulf between first- and second-wave feminism seems less broad thanks to this thoughtful analysis of women's activism with the Communist Party U.S.A. between World War II and the mid-1950s... An important supplement to standard histories of American feminism. Booklist This excellent book will play a strong part in passing on ideas and concepts to future Democrats, Republicans, Communists, and citizens of the world. -- Char Roone Miller History of Education Quarterly An interesting, well-documented book. -- Marian J. Morton American Historical Review

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Weigand's staggeringly extensive research draws from previously unused sources, including the U.S. Communist press and the letters published therein on feminism. Red Feminism will become a classic work at the intersection of radical, feminist, and African-American history. -- Marvin E. Gettleman, Brooklyn Polytechnic University

Long Description

Drawing on substantial new research, Red Feminism traces the development of a distinctive Communist strain of American feminism from its troubled beginnings in the 1930s, through its rapid growth in the Congress of American Women during the early years of the Cold War, to its culmination in Communist Party circles of the late 1940s and early 1950s. The author argues persuasively that, despite the devastating effects of anti-Communism and Stalinism on the progressive Left of the 1950s, Communist feminists such as Susan B. Anthony II, Betty Millard, and Eleanor Flexner managed to sustain many important elements of their work into the 1960s, when a new generation took up their cause and built an effective movement for women's liberation. Red Feminism provides a more complex view of the history of the modern women's movement, showing how key Communist activists came to understand gender, sexism, and race as central components of culture, economics, and politics in American society.

Review Text

""An interesting, well-documented book.""

Review Quote

"This excellent book will play a strong part in passing on ideas and concepts to future Democrats, Republicans, Communists, and citizens of the world."--Char Roone Miller, History of Education Quarterly

Details ISBN0801871115 Author Kate Weigand Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Language English ISBN-10 0801871115 ISBN-13 9780801871115 Media Book Format Paperback Series Reconfiguring American Political History Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Subtitle American Communism and the Making of Women's Liberation Place of Publication Baltimore, MD Country of Publication United States DEWEY 305.420973 Audience Age 17 Birth 1965 Short Title RED FEMINISM REV/E Edition Description Revised Pages 240 NZ Release Date 2003-01-02 US Release Date 2003-01-02 UK Release Date 2003-01-02 Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-01-02 Alternative 9780801864896 Illustrations 7 Halftones, black and white Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2002-11-14 We've got this

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