Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement (Foundations of Social Inquiry)
These days feminism is the new "F" word.  Young women who have benefited from the women's movement of the 1960s and '70s shy away from labeling themselves feminists; right-wing commentators such asRush Limbaughrefer to women's rights activists as "femi-nazis," and women on the right dismiss the need for a woman's movement while reaping its rewards.  Despite these setbacks, Sheila Tobias, author ofFaces of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement,maintains an optimistic attitude.Tobias starts her review of the feminism's past 30 years with a brief history of its 19th-century underpinnings. This is not the first era in which feminism has splintered into several different camps; the same thing happened in the 1920s after the passage of women's suffrage. Tobias documents many difficult and divisive issues, from pornography to affirmative action, and takes an unflinching look at their failures as well as their achievements.Faces of Feminismis an important and worthwhile book on the state of feminism in the United States today.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.