International Women's Year: The Greatest Consciousness-Raising Event in History

ISBN-13: 9780197574744 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 354 str.

Jocelyn Olcott

Recenzje

A major contribution of the book is Olcott's documentation in evocative prose of the arduous work of feminist activist methodology: listening to grassroots women with varied political perspectives; building agendas through debate and compromise to ensure policy impact during official conferences; and networking and developing sustained friendships to continue the work beyond the UN. She also valuable elucidates the recent but little-known history of how women's thinking affected global policy frameworks...This rich account of the IWY's global feminist generativity may inspire equally creative future scholarship exploring the relationship between feminist theory and practice, as well as the politics of feminist memory. More importantly...the book offers protection against the cyclical erasure of women's activist history.

O autorze

Jocelyn Olcott is Professor of History and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University. She is the author of Revolutionary Women in Postrevolutionary Mexico and the co-editor of Sex in Revolution: Gender, Politics, and Power in Modern Mexico.