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Arcana: Grace Paley's Life Stories |
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Grace Paley's Life Stories : A Literary Biography is Judith Arcana's book about the activist writer Grace Paley. Judith Arcana was active in Jane and is still involved with the abortion movement. She has generously contributed material to the Herstory Project.
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Arcana: Our Mother's Daughters |
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Our Mother's Daughters is Judith Arcana's book detailing the role mothers play in the making of women. Judith Arcana was active in Jane and is still involved with the abortion movement. She has generously contributed material to the Herstory Project.
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Arcana: What if your mother? |
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What if your mother? is Judith Arcana's latest book of poetry about abortion, mothers and the human experience. Judith is a former member of the Abortion Counseling Service ("Jane").
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Baehr: Abortion Without Apology |
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Abortion Without Apology: A Radical History for the 90's by Ninia Baehr. Contains material about Jane and its lessons for our time.
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Bauer-Magli and Radosh: Women Confronting Retirement |
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Women Confronting Retirement: A Nontraditional Guide by by Nan Bauer-Magli and Alice Radosh, showcases the voices of 38 women as they confront the need to redefine who they are when they leave the workplace behind them. Among the contributors are former CWLUers Diane Horwitz and Terry Davis.
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Baxandall and Gordon: Dear Sisters |
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Dear Sisters edited by Rosalyn Baxandall and Linda Gordon. An illustrated anthology of documents from Second Wave feminists. There are several CWLU documents in the collection.
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Boris: Voices of Women Historians |
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Voices of Women Historians edited by Eileen Boris. Meet the women who record the history that women make. Eileen Boris was a member of the CWLU and talks about her involvement in its labor history project. There is also a memoir from CWLU Herstory Project member Peg Strobel.
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Browdy de Hernandez: Women Writing Resistance |
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Women Writing Resistance: Essays from Latin America and the Caribbean edited by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez unearths an emerging tradition of Latin American and Caribbean women authors who are passionately committed to chronicling, and fighting, the injustices that pervade their home countries. Former CWLUer Aurora Levins Morales is a contributor.
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Brownmiller: In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution |
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In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution contains a wealth of anecdotal history about the women's liberation movement. Author Susan Brownmiller is a good storyteller and a thoughtful analyst of the movement's many trends and personalities. It has some CWLU related material.
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Chesler: Woman's Inhumanity to Woman |
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Woman's Inhumanity to Woman is a book by Phyllis Chesler that explores competition among women. Has some startling insights into how sexism is internalized and how this has affected the feminist movement. Includes some references to former CWLUers.
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Crow: Radical Feminism |
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Radical Feminism by Barbara Crow is a carefully chosen collection of classic documents from second wave feminism. Has several documents written by CWLU members.
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Davis: Moving the Mountain |
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Moving the Mountain by Flora Davis is an introduction to the history of the women's movement since 1960. Based on over 100 interviews with activist participants. Has some CWLU references.
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DuBois and Ruiz: Unequal Sisters |
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Unequal Sisters edited by Ellen DuBois and Vicki Ruiz. A broad-ranging anthology containing some 40 works of feminist history focusing on the experiences of women of color, from which more than half of the articles are drawn. Ellen DuBois is a former CWLUer
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DuBois: Feminism and Suffrage |
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Feminism and Suffrage by Ellen DuBois. A close look at the early days of the women's movement from 1848-1869. Ellen DuBois is a former CWLUer
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DuBois: Harriet Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrage |
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Harriet Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrage by Ellen DuBois. Harriet Stanton Blatch (1856-1940), daughter of the famous suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, played an essential role in the winning of woman suffrage in the United States. Ellen DuBois is a former CWLUer.
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DuBois: Woman Suffrage and Women's Rights |
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Woman Suffrage and Women's Rights by Ellen DuBois is a collection that traces the suffrage story against the backdrop of changing attitudes to politics, citizenship and gender, and the resultant tensions over sociological issues. Ellen DuBois is a former CWLUer.
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DuBois:The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony Reader |
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The Elizabeth Cady Stanton-Susan B. Anthony Reader edited by Ellen DuBois. A collection of writings from two of our most celebrated foremothers. Editor Ellen DuBois is a former CWLUer
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DuPlessis and Snitow: The Feminist Memoir Project |
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The
Feminist Memoir Project contains autobiographical writings
edited by Rachel DuPlessis and Ann Snitow. Includes narratives from
former CWLUers Naomi Weisstein, Heather Booth, Amy Kesselman and Vivian
Rothstein. Excerpts from this book appear elsewhere on this site.
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Echols: Daring to Be Bad |
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Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975 by Alice Echols is a good overview of the period, especially the tension between radical feminism and the Left. There are a few brief references related to the CWLU
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Enke: Finding the Movement |
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Finding the Movement: Sexuality, Contested Space, and Feminist Activism is Anne Enke's unique contribution to 2nd wave feminist history. Focusing on the Twin Cities, Chicago and Detroit she looks at how women carved out both public and private spaces for themselves while coping with the dangerous intersections of gender, race, class and sexual orientation. From softball teams to coffee houses, from dollar parties to women's centers, women fought for their right to define their themselves and their terrain. She analyzes the CWLU's Secret Storm sports program and the cover is a poster from the Chicago Women's Graphics Collective.
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Evans: Personal Politics |
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Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement and the New Left by Sara Evans traces women's liberation back to the days of the civil rights movement and the New Left. Includes some material about CWLU founders Heather Booth and Vivian Rothstein.
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Evans: Tidal Wave |
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Tidal Wave by Sara Evans details the enormous changes in women's lives since the 1960's. The book has some CWLU references.
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Ezekiel: Feminism in the Heartland |
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Feminism in the Heartland by Judith Ezekiel tells the story of the women's movement in Dayton, Ohio in the 1970's. The CWLU experience was an influence on the women's liberation movement in Dayton. This book overcomes the bi-coastal bias of many histories of the period. Yes, Virginia, there was a women's liberation movement in the Midwest.
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Ferree and Martin: Feminist Organizations |
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Feminist Organizations : Harvest of the New Women's Movement is a collection of academic articles edited by Myra Ferree and Patricia Martin. It contains an article about the CWLU by Herstory Project member Margaret "Peg" Strobel. The cover uses a poster designed by Graphics Collective co-founder Estelle Carol.
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Freeman: A Room at a Time |
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A Room at a Time: Women's Entry into Party Politics is Jo Freeman's book about how women transformed political parties in America. Jo Freeman has generously contributed material to the Herstory Project.
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Freeman: At Berkeley in the Sixties |
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At Berkeley in the Sixties by Jo Freeman tells of her days in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement and the Bay Area Civil Rights Movement. She treats student politics as serious politics, unlike the condescending treatment that it often gets. Jo Freeman is a Herstory Project contributor.
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Freeman: The Politics of Women's Liberation |
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The Politics of Women's Liberation by Jo Freeman analyzes the diversity of the women's movement from the mid 60's to 1973. The CWLU is mentioned. Jo Freeman is a Herstory Project contributor.
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Gardiner: Provoking Agents |
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Provoking Agents: Gender and Agency in Theory and Practice edited by Judith Keegan Gardiner contains 17 essays on feminist theory and practice, exploring their impact on society and individuals. Judith Keegan Gardiner is a former member of the CWLU and is a Herstory Project contributor.
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Howe: Politics of Women's Studies |
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Politics of Women's Studies edited by Florence Howe. Modern women's studies programs grew out of the struggles of the women's liberation movement. This anthology explores the many points of view among today's women's studies practitioners. CWLU Herstory Project member Peg Strobel has an essay in the book.
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Kamen: All In My Head |
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All In My Head by Paula Kamen details her years-long battle with persistent and painful headaches. In it she also wryly chronicles her equally frustrating battle with the medical industry. A classic of why women need to be the in vanguard of the healthcare reform movement.
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Feminist Books 
We have
assembled an eclectic list of books. Some refer to the CWLU.
Some are about women in Chicago history. Some are written by former
CWLU members. Others are written by members and friends of the Herstory
Project. If you know of worthwhile books we have overlooked, please
let us know at 
