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Dear Heather -
I just published a book on this exact
topic -- Grassroots: A Field Guide to Feminist
Activism.
My motivation was entirely that people seemed
to believe in the goals of feminism -- but
the disconnect was that they didn't always
understand what this required of them --
how to translate this desire into action
and also what it required in terms of their
personal behavior.
More specific to your
question, I think these goals are achieved
through many things working in concert
with one another. For instance, it does
require legal and legislative change and
organizations to monitor that change, but
it also requires that each of us change
our own patters and constantly challenge
ourselves in our own limitations. For example,
we fought for the legalization of women's
sports and equal funding, now we need to
make sure that individual woman want to
be athletic and that we all show up to
support them.
I hope that helps,
-- Amy
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