Sisterhood Is Forever

The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium

Robin Morgan

• Publisher: Washington Square Press
• Year: 2007
• eBook ISBN: 9781416595762
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Feminist Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

Thirty years after Robin Morgan's groundbreaking anthology, Sisterhood Is Powerful -- named by The American Librarians' Association one of "The 100 Most Influential Books of the Twentieth Century" -- comes this landmark new collection for the twenty-first century.
Sisterhood Is Forever -- with over 60 original essays Morgan commissioned from well-known feminist leaders plus energetic Gen X and Y activists -- is a composite mural of the female experience in America: where we've been, where we are, where we're going. The stunning scope of topics ranges from reproductive, health, and environmental issues to workplace inequities and the economics of women's unpaid labor; from globalization to the politics of aging; from cyberspace, violence against women, and electoral politics to spirituality, the law, the media, and academia. The deliberately audacious mix of contributors spans different generations, races, ethnicities, and sexual preferences: CEOs, housewives, rock stars, farmers, scientists, prostituted women, politicians, women in prison, firefighters, disability activists, artists, flight attendants, an army general, an astronaut, an anchorwoman, even a pair of teens who edit a girls' magazine. Each article celebrates the writer's personal voice -- her humor, passion, anger, and the integrity of her perspective -- while offering the latest data on women's status, political analysis, new "how-to" tools for activism, and visionary yet practical strategies for the future -- strategies needed now more than ever. Robin Morgan's own contributions are everything her readers expect: prophetic, powerfully argued, unsentimentally lyrical. From her introduction: "The book you hold in your hands is a tool for the future -- a future also in your hands." •
Edna Acosta-Belén • Carol J. Adams • Margot Adler • Natalie Angier • Ellen Appel-Bronstein • Mary Baird • Brenda Berkman • Christine E. Bose • Kathy Boudin • Ellen Bravo • Vednita Carter • Wendy Chavkin • Kimberlé Crenshaw • Gail Dines • Paula DiPerna • Helen Drusine • Andrea Dworkin • Eve Ensler • Barbara Findlen • Mary Foley • Patricia Friend • Theresa Funiciello • Carol Gilligan • Sara K. Gould • Ana Grossman The Guerrilla Girls • Beverly Guy-Sheftall • Kathleen Hanna • Laura Hershey • Anita Hill • Florence Howe • Donna M. Hughes • Karla Jay • Mae C. Jemison • Carol Jenkins • Claudia J. Kennedy • Alice Kessler-Harris Clara Sue Kidwell • Frances Kissling • Sandy Lerner • Suzanne Braun Levine • Barbara Macdonald • Catharine A. MacKinnon Jane Roland Martin • Debra Michals • Robin Morgan Jessica Neuwirth • Judy Norsigian • Eleanor Holmes Norton • Grace Paley • Emma Peters-Axtell Cynthia Rich Amy Richards • Cecile Richards Carolyn Sachs • Marianne Schnall • Pat Schroeder • Patricia Silverthorn • Eleanor Smeal Roslyn D. Smith Gloria Steinem Mary Thom • Jasmine Victoria • Faye Wattleton • Marie Wilson • Helen Zia

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Introduction: New World Women Robin Morgan
• PART I. SOME BASICS
• Biologically Correct Natalie Angier
• Unfinished Agenda: Reproductive Rights Faye Wattleton
• Running for Our Lives: Electoral Politics Pat Schroeder
• Traffic at the Crossroads: Multiple Oppressions Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Landscape of the Ordinary: Violence Against Women Andrea Dworkin
• The Proper Study of Womankind: Women’s Studies Florence Howe
• Parenting: A New Social Contract Suzanne Braun Levine
• Sisterhood Is Pleasurable: A Quiet Revolution in Psychology Carol Gilligan
• The Media and the Movement: A User’s Guide Gloria Steinem
• PART II. A MOVEMENT FOR ALL SEASONS
• Girls: “We Are the Ones Who Can Make a Change!” New Moon Girls: Ana Grossman and Emma Peters-Axtell
• Generation “Why?”: A Call to Arms Jasmine Victoria
• Gen X Survivor: From Riot Grrrl Rock Star to Feminist Artist Kathleen Hanna
• Stealth Feminists: The Thirtysomething Revolution Debra Michals
• Notes of a Feminist Long Distance Runner Eleanor Holmes Norton
• The Politics of Aging Barbara Macdonald (Foreword by Cynthia Rich)
• PART III. JUGGLING JEOPARDIES
• Native Americans: Restoring the Power of Thought Woman Clara Sue Kidwell
• African American Women: The Legacy of Black Feminism Beverly Guy-Sheftall
• Reclaiming the Past, Redefining the Future: Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Helen Zia
• U.S. Latinas: Active at the Intersections of Gender, Nationality, Race, and Class Edna Acosta-Belén and Christine E. Bose
• Confessions of a Worrywart: Ruminations on a Lesbian Feminist Overview Karla Jay
• Poverty Wears a Female Face Theresa Funiciello
• Rights, Realities, and Issues of Women with Disabilities Laura Hershey
• Alive Behind the Labels: Women in Prison Kathy Boudin and Roslyn D. Smith
• PART IV. BODIES POLITIC
• Our Bodies, Our Future: Women’s Health Activism Overview Judy Norsigian et al., for The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
• Women in Sports: What’s the Score? Barbara Findlen
• The Nature of the Beast: Sexual Harassment Anita Hill
• From Fantasy to Reality: Unmasking the Pornography Industry Gail Dines
• Prostitution = Slavery Vednita Carter
• PART V. WORKPLACES
• Transforming Traditions and Breaking Barriers: Six Personal Testimonies
• “Just a Housewife?!” Helen Drusine
• The Clerical Proletariat Ellen Bravo (9 to 5 Association)
• Pink Collar Ghetto, Blue Collar Token Alice Kessler-Harris
• Rural Women: Sustaining Farms, Feeding People Carolyn Sachs
• Diagnosis and Prognosis: Women Physicians and Women’s Health Wendy Chavkin, M.D., M.P.H.
• Up the Down Labyrinth: Ins and Outs of Women’s Corporate and Campus Careers Ellen Appel-Bronstein
• Changing a Masculinist Culture: Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology Donna M. Hughes
• Climbing the Ivory Walls: Women in Academia Jane Roland Martin
• Redefining the Warrior Mentality: Women in the Military Claudia J. Kennedy (Lt. Gen., Ret.)
• Standing By: Women in Broadcast Media Carol Jenkins
• Theater: A Sacred Home for Women Eve Ensler
• Women and the Art World: Diary of the Feminist Masked Avengers Käthe Kollwitz and Frida Kahlo, Founding Members of the Guerrilla Girls
• PART VI. TACTICS AND TRENDS
• Women and Law: The Power to Change Catharine A. MacKinnon
• Owning the Future: Women Entrepreneurs Sara K. Gould
• Combating the Religious Right Cecile Richards
• Dancing Against the Vatican Frances Kissling
• Front Line: The Funding Struggle Marie Wilson
• Bitch, Chick, Cow: Women’s and (Other) Animals’ Rights Carol J. Adams
• Update: Feminism and the Environment Paula DiPerna
• PART VII. POLITICS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
• Cyberfeminism: Networking the Net Amy Richards and Marianne Schnall
• Globalization: A Strategic Advance for Feminism? Jessica Neuwirth
• Why Peace Is (More Than Ever) a Feminist Issue Grace Paley
• The Art of Building Feminist Institutions to Last Eleanor Smeal
• Inner Space: The Spiritual Frontier Margot Adler
• Outer Space: The Worldly Frontier Mae C. Jemison, M.D.
• PERSONAL POSTSCRIPTS