WMST-L File Collection:
History
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Last updated: Sept. 2, 2010
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WMST-L File Collection:History
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The following files from the WMST-L file collection focus on women's history:
- Activist Narratives
- (Narratives about activists that might be appropriate for use in an undergraduate course. WMST-L discussion, September 2008. See also Autobiographies/Memoirs by Women Activists and Leaders.)
- Autobiographies/Memoirs by Women Activists and Leaders
- (Reading suggestions offered on WMST-L in October and December 2001.)
- Consciousness Raising Groups
- (A discussion about consciousness raising groups of the 1960s and '70s and the use of CR groups today in the classroom and elsewhere. WMST-L, February 2010)
- Films about First Wave Feminists/Feminism
- (A discussion on educational films about first wave feminists/feminism. WMST-L, September/October 2009)
- Getting Together: How to Start a Consciousness-Raising Group
- (A 1972 pamphlet by WMST-L member Marge Piercy and Jane Freeman.)
- History of Battered Women's Shelters
- (Discussion of the first battered women's shelter and who started it. WMST-L, April 2001.)
- Immigrant Literature: Suggested Works
- (Suggestions for autobiographies, novels, films, etc. dealing with the immigrant experience from a female point of view. WMST-L discussion, October 2002.)
- Immigrant Women in New York, 1890-1920
- (Print and other resources about immigrant women, especially those in New York from 1890-1920. WMST-L discussion, April 2006)
- Knitting as a Revolutionary Act
- (A discussion of women's needlecraft, especially knitting, as a feminist, revolutionary act. WMST-L, late April/early May 2002.)
- Novels for a Course on the Women's Movement
- (A request for suggested novels for a course on the Women's Liberation Movement gave rise to this WMST-L discussion in May 2005.)
- Origin of Women's History Month
- (Some answers to the perennial question.)
- Origins of the LGBT Rights Movement
- (Discussion of the various "origins" of the LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] rights movement. WMST-L discussion, June 2002.)
- Origin(s) of "Rule of Thumb"
- (Various explanations for the origin of the phrase "rule of thumb." WMST-L, 1993-2005)
- Readings about Native American Women
- (Suggestions for readings useful for students. WMST-L discussion, January 2008)
- Resources for Teaching about Second Wave Theories
- (Books, articles, web sites, etc. that may be helpful for teaching about second wave theories. WMST-L discussion, March 2010. Also of interest may be Teaching '70s Feminism and 'Waves' of Feminism.)
- Take Back the Night
- (A three-part file of messages from 1995, 1997, 2001, and 2008)
- Witches
- (This discussion concerning resources dealing with witches took place on WMST-L in October 2005.)
- Women and Utopias
- (This discussion of women and utopias in fiction and non-fiction took place on WMST-L in March 2002.)
- Women of Color and the Women's Movement
- (A five-part WMST-L discussion that began with a query about the contributions of women of color to the women's movement. September/October 2000)
- Women-Only Communities
- (Suggestions for where to find information about women-only communities, including lesbian communities. WMST-L discussion, September 2004)
- The Women's Rights Movement: Where It's Been, Where It's At
- (Keynote address given in October 2001 by former WMST-L member Sonia Pressman Fuentes, a founder of NOW, WEAL, and FEW. Fuentes deals with the second wave of the women's movement: its history, her role in it, and where it is today.)
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