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GENERAL WOMEN/FEMINISM

NEW FEATURE!

New Articles and Book Excerpts:


Feminist.com's Archive of Features from Omega's
Women & Power: Connecting Across the Generations Conference

Excerpt from Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

On Becoming a Grandmother
by Elizabeth Lesser

Excerpt from Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words
by Kim Rosen

Excerpt from Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis
by Amy Ferris

Women Connecting Across the Generational Divide: from Gloria Steinem to Courtney Martin Featuring inspiring quotes from amazing women like Elizabeth Lesser, Courtney Martin, Ana Nogales, Gloria Steinem and Helen Thomas

Excerpt from The Deepening Darkness: Patriarchy, Resistance, and Democracy's Future
by Carol Gilligan and David A. J. Richards

Excerpt from Opting In: Having A Child Without Losing Yourself
by Amy Richards

Excerpt from Returning To My Mother's House: Taking Back the Wisdom of the Feminine
by Gail Straub

Excerpt from We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light In a Time of Darkness
by Alice Walker

Excerpt from Insecure At Last: Losing It In Our Security Obsessed World
by Eve Ensler

Excerpt from Jane Fonda's Words of Politics and Passion
"Women and Men and the Head/Heart Business" Speech by Jane Fonda

Excerpt from Urgent Message from Mother: Gather the Women, Save the World
by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.

Excerpt from My Life So Far
by Jane Fonda

From Ode Magazine
The Real Meaning of Security
by Eve Ensler
Our obsession with protecting ourselves makes us less safe. That’s the message from Eve Ensler, who travels the globe to end violence against women.

Women of the World
by Marie Wilson
Female leaders can change the course of our political and economic future—for the benefit of everyone.

Talking with the Enemy
For years, leaders on both sides of the abortion debate have met in secret in an attempt to better understand each other. Now they are ready to share what they have learned.

Speeches from the Omega & V-Day "Women & Power" Conference
(featuring transcripts of keynote talks with Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Sister Joan Chittister, Johnnetta Cole, Iyanla Vanzant and Marion Woodman)

Exclusive Columns:
Advancing Women's Leadership
by Marie Wilson

Embracing Your Woman Power at Midlife and Beyond
by Barbara Wilder

Envisioning Equality
by Kaethe Morris Hoffer

Get Real
by Amira Elgan

The Body Politic
by Wendy Shanker

More General Women/Feminism Articles and Book Excerpts:

The Revolutionary Next Door (Excerpt from Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism)
by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amelia Richards

What is Feminism? (Excerpt from Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future)
by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amelia Richards

"Remember the Ladies" Women's History Column
by Janelle Collett

Feminism: The Dynamite Perspective
by Ruth Dynamite

Preface to "The Good Body"
by Eve Ensler

Privitization of Social Security: A Threat to Women
by Edith U. Fierst

Beyond Gender
by Betty Friedan

Introduction (Excerpt from Kiss My Tiara)
by Susan Jane Gilman

The Spitzer Debacle: Standing By Your Spouse Doesn't Need to Be a Public Act
by Nichola D. Gutgold

From Silence to Prominence; The Story of Women is Evident in Their Television Images
by Nichola D. Gutgold

Dinner for Two
by Sandra Hurtes

The End of Feminism's Third Wave
by Lisa Jervis (from Ms. Magazine)

Failing Girls in Schools An opinion piece sparked by the recent violence by Andrea Johnston

Excerpt from Hot Flashes, Warm Bottles: First-Time Mothers Over Forty
by Nancy London

Excerpt Fighting Words Excerpt from Robin Morgan’s new nonfiction book

Montage (Excerpt from Saturday's Child)
by Robin Morgan

Excerpt from The Burning Time
by Robin Morgan

Celebrating Women of Courage Vision
National Women's History Project

Women Pioneering the Future
National Women's History Project

Women Sustaining the American Spirit
National Women's History Project

Taking a New Look At the Woman Suffrage Movement
National Women's History Project

Notes of a Feminist Long Distance Runner (Excerpt from Sisterhood is Forever)
by Eleanor Holmes Norton

Feminism's Spiritual Wave
by Pythia Peay (from Utne Magazine)

Cyberfeminism: Networking on the Net (Excerpt from"Sisterhood Is Forever")
by Amy Richards and Marianne Schnall

Ain't I A Woman?
by Sojourner Truth

Imagining Life Without Andres (A Tribute to Andrea Dworkin)
by John Stoltenberg

Loving Your Tree
by Nina Utne (from Utne Magazine)

The Untold Story of the Iroquois Influence on Early Feminists
by Sally Roesch Wagner