Highlights the lives and work of fifty second wave feminists, women who have served as catalysts in the developing feminist movement.
Preface
Introduction
Bella Abzug by Mary Ertel
Paula Gunn Allen by Gonul Pultar
Gloria Anzaldúa by Judith Richards
Frances Beale by Marina Karides and Joya Misra
Rita Mae Brown by Julie A. Davies
Charlotte Bunch by Viki Soady
Pat Califia by Lisa Sigel
Judy Chicago by Beatriz Badikian-Gartler
Shirley Chisholm by Frederick J. Simonelli
Esther Ngan-Ling Chow by Linda Wong
Pearl Cleage by Linda Rohrer Paige
Kate Clinton by Annmarie Pinarski
Mary Daly by Margaret R. LaWare
Angela Davis by Jennifer Oldham
Susan Faludi by Ann Mauger Colbert
Shulamith Firestone by Karen Garner
Jo Freeman by Jennifer Scanlon
Betty Friedan by Susan Butler
Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Gwenn Brown Nealis
bell hooks by Lara E. Dieckmann
Dolores Huerta by Nerea A. Lamas
June Jordan by Nikki Senecal
Evelyn Fox Keller by Anne F. Eisenberg
Florynce Kennedy by Cheryl Rodriguez
Audre Lorde by Lara E. Dieckmann
Catharine MacKinnon by Eileen Bresnahan
Olga Madar by Amy Beth Aronson
Wilma Mankiller by Michaela Crawford Reaves
Del Martin by Danielle DeMuth
Kate Millet by Nancy McCampbell Grace
Cherríe Moraga by Grace Sikorski
Robin Morgan by Stacy Donohue
Pauli Murray by Uche Egemonye
Eleanor Holmes Norton by Tracy Wahl
Alice Paul by Amy Butler
Anna Quindlen by Carolyn Kitch
Rosemary Ruether by Beth Blissman
Adrienne Rich by Sioban Dillon
Faith Ringgold by Ann Lee Morgan
Joanna Russ by Jeanne Cortiel
Patricia Schroeder by John Nealis
Eleanor Smeal by Pat Murphy
Barbara Smith by Jaime M. Grant
Gloria Steinem by Ann Mauger Colbert
Margo St. James by Diane L. McKay
Alice Walker by Angela Cotten
Rebecca Walker by Jennifer Kohout
Michelle Wallace by Viki Soady
Sarah Weddington by Susan L. Patnode
Ellen Willis by Deborah J. Gepner Salvaggio
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Editor and Contributors
JENNIFER SCANLON is Associate Professor of Women's Studies at Bowdoin College. She is the author of Inarticulate Longings: The Ladies' Home Journal, Gender, and the Promises of Consumer Culture (1995) and co-author of American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: A Biographical Dictionary (Greenwood, 1996).
?Scanlon's unique source provides biographies that place in context
the lives and contributions of second and third-wave feminists in
the diverse contemporary movement....The comprehensive and accurate
subject index provides additional access to the varied threads of
feminism....The contributions and advisory board members have
impressive feminist credentials. Excellent both as a reference
source and an introduction to contemporary feminists; recommended
for all undergraduate collections.?-Choice
?The analysis presented in this volume of the work and influence of
these women is unique....Most academic libraries, and any library
with a women's studies collection will probably want to acquire
this reference work.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
?This biographical sourcebook is a useful tool for any library due
to its easy to follow layout and detailed and interesting
information.?-Pennsylvania School Librarian's Association
?Those wishing to find a brief overview of the most influential
contemporary U.S. feminists will not be disappointed.?-American
Reference Books Annual
"The analysis presented in this volume of the work and influence of
these women is unique....Most academic libraries, and any library
with a women's studies collection will probably want to acquire
this reference work."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"This biographical sourcebook is a useful tool for any library due
to its easy to follow layout and detailed and interesting
information."-Pennsylvania School Librarian's Association
"Those wishing to find a brief overview of the most influential
contemporary U.S. feminists will not be disappointed."-American
Reference Books Annual
"Scanlon's unique source provides biographies that place in context
the lives and contributions of second and third-wave feminists in
the diverse contemporary movement....The comprehensive and accurate
subject index provides additional access to the varied threads of
feminism....The contributions and advisory board members have
impressive feminist credentials. Excellent both as a reference
source and an introduction to contemporary feminists; recommended
for all undergraduate collections."-Choice
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