The History of U.S. Feminism is an introductory text designed to be used as supplementary material for first-year women’s studies students or as a brush-up text for more advanced students. Covering the first; second; and third waves of feminism; The History of U.S. Feminism provides historical context of all the major events and players since the late nineteenth century through today.The chapters cover first-wave feminism; a period of feminist activity during the nineteenth and early twentieth century which focused primarily on gaining women's suffrage; second-wave feminism; which started in the ’60s and lasted through the ’80s and is best understood as emphasizing the connection between the personal and the political; and third-wave feminism; which started in the early ’90s and arose in part from a backlash against the movements propagated by the second wave.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Essential reading for understanding how Israeli Jews sometimes exhibit self- defeating activities in the pursuit of "peace"By SKLevin; a Harvard psychiatrist and historian; explains how even many Israeli Jews show a penchant for suicidal thoughts and deeds. Should be read in conjunction with Jewish Self- Hatred; by Levin; who is also a psychiatrist. I have purchased a few copies to give to others.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy KarenBrilliant book by a brilliant man.34 of 38 people found the following review helpful. A Unique History of the Delusions of an Oppressed PeopleBy Henry OlinerWhy would the Israelis and the Jews sacrifice everything for a shallow peace accord with a "peace partner" who increases terror attacks; indoctrinates intensely virulent anti-Semitism at all levels of education and the media; and continues to vow annihilation of the state they feign to be negotiating peace with?Kenneth Levin's answer approaches a perspective that is different from much of the current histories of the region. Levin illuminates a delusion that is the result of the stress of five decades of being under siege; and the result of centuries of demonization in Europe. He explores the history of the responses of the Jews in Europe to the hatred that spanned centuries and the futility of the Jews who vainly sought to appease their state sponsored tormentors by trying ever harder to assimilate. Ultimately the more they tried to assimilate the more the host nations persecuted them. Thus in spite of serving heroically in the German army in WWI they were ultimately rewarded with the holocaust.The delusion that was Oslo was just a continuation of a desire of the Jewish community to either fit in or be left in peace. But it was also a delusion that the Jews could control the will of another party by giving more and more concessions; even when nothing is given in return. It is a unique form of arrogance and is ultimately self destructive.The siege is not likely to end soon and Levin's prescription for Israel's survival is to educate its people on the history and moral purpose underlying the existence of the nation. Under Oslo many in the Israeli educational establishment pushed a curriculum that diminished the Jewish history and culture in favor of a more universalist approach. Revisionist historians embellished this approach with an anti Zionist slant to the story of Israel's history. Levin retorts the revisionists; but draws parallels to much of the self criticism from the Jews in Europe hoping to appease their state sponsors. Meanwhile the Palestinian educational structure; in clear defiance of Oslo; taught that the Jews had no right to the land or any historical connection to it and that it was their divine moral purpose to drive the Jews from their homeland.The results of Oslo have taught what the Jews should have learned from centuries of oppression: that while it takes two people to make peace; it only takes one to make a war.This book is a wonderful addition to the writings and analysis of the situation in Israel and is uniquely illuminating. I highly recommend it.
