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mother-right, 8, 128n, 162, 164, 177
Mothers for Adequate Welfare, 88; see welfare
Mott, Lucretia, 157
Mozart, W. A., 269
Ms., 178, 230n, 266
Murasaki, Lady Shikibu, 169
Murray, Margaret, 233, §
music, 206–207, 221, 266, 273, 285, 311, 313; Euterpe, Muse of Lyric Song, 268–289; see rock; see also art, troubadours
Mylonas, George E., §
mytho-historical approach, 233, 314
National Black Feminist Organization (NBFO), 6, 94; see black feminism
National Organization for Women (NOW), 15, 88, 89, 101, 116, 149, 150, 176
National Women’s Political Caucus, 15; see political office
National Welfare Rights Organization, 93; see welfare
National Women’s Studies Association, 199; see women’s studies
Native American, art, 272, 282; culture, 272; feminism, 6; movement, 118; women, 100, 272, 282
Nazi, “correct line,” 251; language, 288; Party, 84; scientists, 190
needlework, 266, 272; see quilting, weaving
Neumann, Erich, §
Nevelson, Louise, 285
Newcastle, Duchess of, see Cavendish, Margaret
New Portuguese Letters, see Marias, The Three, §
New York Radical Women, 62, 63, 71, 73, 78, 116, 118
New York Times, see Times, New York
New Zealand, 6
Nguyen Thi Binh, 69, 86, 89
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 275
Nixon, Joan, 17
Nixon, Pat, 72–73, 124
Nixon, Richard, 75, 76, 124, 219
Oakley, Ann, 196n
“October 17th” group, 89; see Feminists, The
Off Our Backs, 93, 116
Oglesby, Carl, 133
Older Women’s Liberation (OWL), 6; see also ageism
Old Religion, see Wicce
Olsen, Tillie, 267
orgasm, 4, 11, 35, 40, 54, 95, 104–105, 110, 111, 232, 240, 310; see sex, sexuality
Otto, Walter F., §
Our Bodies, Ourselves, 8
pacifism, 69, 86, 180, 186, 291
painting, 207, 221, 266, 285; see art
Paley, Grace, 70
Pankhurst, Christabel, 56, 199
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 56, 93, 157, 199–201, 221, §
Pankhurst, Sylvia, 199
parables, 228, 237–240, 254–264, 300–310, 311, 314
paranoia, 79, 209, 219, 241–264, 294;
Parable of, 254–264; Paradigm of, 245–254; see madness
Parker, Dorothy, 269
Parrent, Joanne, 118n
Patterson, Rebecca, 285, §
“personal solutions,” 13, 35, 182
Peterson, Betty, 123n
Philips, Katharine, 298
Phillips, Lynn, 130
Piercy, Marge, 265
Pill, see contraception de Pisane, Christine, 290
Pitchford, Blake Ariel Morgan, see Morgan Pitchford, Blake Ariel
Pitchford, Kenneth, 5, 16, 21–56, 59, 75, 117, 132, 144–145, 158, 174, 175, 215, 221, 222, 224, 225, 245, 254–264, 267, 286–287, 288, 296n, 306–307, 311, 312, 313, 314, §
Pitter, Ruth, 265
Planned Parenthood, 89; see contraception
Plath, Aurelia, 192n
Plath, Sylvia, 44, 45, 192n, 206, 228, 244, 265, 267, §
Playboy magazine, 125n, 167; “Bunnies,” 92
poetry, 3, 40n, 158, 174n, 220, 221, 223, 225, 228, 230, 231, 233, 243, 254–256, 263, 265, 266, 267, 274, 275, 276, 277–280, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 294–302, 306, 313; Calliope, Muse of Epic, 268–289; Erato, Muse of Love, 268–289; Metaphysical Poets, 267, 294–302, 311; “poet’s mind at work,” 297n; see art, language, troubadours, writing
Pohoryles, Jean, 17
political office, 13, 102, 183, 217–218, 223, 290
population, explosion, 52, 87, 106; women as majority of, 99, 102
pornography, 4, 16, 49, 115, 122, 133, 155, 163–169
Power, Eileen, §
Prida, Dolores, 265
Primrose, Diana, 298
prison, see jail
professions, 98–99, 103; “service,” 98
Progressive Labor Party, 121
prostitution, 12, 92, 122, 125, 133, 168, 224; attempts to unionize, 307
Protestantism, 202, 304; as political force in Northern Ireland, 131, 302; women clergy in, 11; Episcopal Church, 69; see Knox, Lead, Luther, Tillich, witchcraft (persecution of)
publishing industry, 132–133
Puerto Rican, feminists, 6; island, 66, 76; men, 100, 150, 307; radical groups, 126; rights movement, 118; women, 100, 101, 150; see Young Lords; see also Spanish-speaking women
quilting, 266, 271–272; see art
racism, 9, 60, 64, 68, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 119, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 143, 147, 150, 177, 180, 181, 184, 186, 205, 207, 218, 224, 233, 272, 273; abolition as a feminist demand, 290, 291; and sexism, re. rape, 165; see also colonization, discrimination, lynching, Nazi
Radicalesbians, 175; lesbianism
Raine, Kathleen, 267
Rankin, Jeannette, see Jeannette Rankin Brigade
rape, 8, 12, 13, 15, 102, 118, 120, 125, 128, 139, 147, 148, 155, 158, 163–169, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 192, 194, 198, 199, 203, 207, 209, 228, 230n, 231, 243, 272, 290, 291, 310, 312, 313; crisis centers, 9, 163; prevention, 15, 163; radical feminist definition of, 165; “anti-rape squads,” 5
Rat, 59, 82–83, 113–152, 157, 222
Raymond, Jan, 17
Reagan, Ronald, 218
Redpath, Theodore, 297n, see Donne, §
Redstockings, 71n, 73, 116
Reed, Evelyn, §
reincarnation, 306
religion, 220; and myth, 233; confused with spirituality, 304; matriarchal, see Wicce; patriarchal, 11, 72, 187–188, 202, 203, 241, 288, 302–304, 310, see Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism; Polymnia, Muse of Sacred Song, 268–289; see spirituality
Rennie, Susan, see Grimstead, §
Resistance, 70
Revolution, The, 91
Revolutionary Youth Movement (RYM,) 124
“rhythm method,” see contraception Rich, Adrienne, 161n, 265, §
Riding, Laura, 265
Robb, Lynda Johnson, 15
Robinson, Marie, 227, 228, 230
rock (music), 115, 171, 81; festivals, 101, 128, 209; “cock-rock,” 77, 125n, 181–182, 185; see Jagger
Roman Catholicism, 102, 202, 203; as political force in Northern Ireland, 131, 302; “Father James,” 40–41; nuns, 11, 92, 158, 203; pope, 85, 87, 89; Roman Catholic Church, 75, 86, 87, 89, 120, 303; see also Teresa of Avila, witchcraft (persecution of)
Romm, Ethel, 101n
Romney, Hugh, 125
Rossetti, Christina, 157, 221, 294, 297
Rubin, Jerry, 126, 182
Ruby, Kathryn, see Iverson, §
Rudd, Mark, 124
Rukeyser, Muriel, 265
“runaway women,” 6, 66
Running Deer, Diane, 17
Russell, Sten, 185
sado-masochism, 49; in fantasies, 41, 219, 227–240; in practice, 234, 235n; masochism, 190, 227–231, 234, 236, 236n, 246; sadism, 138, 163–164, 165, 167, 181–182, 203, 236, 239, 246, emotional, 234
Sahara, 252
Samhain, 72, 312; see Wicce
Sand, George, xi, 60, 157, 206, 221, 287, 312
Sanger, Margaret, 89
Sartre, Jean Paul, xi, 231, 267
Sasson, Lois, 202
Saunders, Beulah, 93, 124
Sayers, Dorothy L., 266
Schneir, Miriam, §
Schuler, Nettie Rogers, see Catt, §
Schumann, Clara Wieck, 287, 311
Schumann, Robert, 244, 287
science, 10, 15, 84, 95, 98, 138, 198, 306, 310; androcentric, 161; as magic, 233; in Elizabethan England, 298; in totalitarian states, 190; of poetry, 267; Urania, Muse of, 268–2
89
“scientific method,” 233
sculpture, 266, 285; pottery, 272
secretaries, 6, 59, 73, 147–148, 209, 224, 253, 312
self-defense, 8, 66–67, 68, 77, 92, 93, 133, 134, 135, 137, 148, 151, 163, 197
self-help health techniques, see health
Senegal, 205
Sewell, Elizabeth, §
sex, 3, 37, 52, 83, 96, 98, 104, 105, 110, 111, 112, 123, 144, 145, 161, 168, 186, 220, 227–240, 243; Erato, Muse of Love Poetry, 268, 289; see sexual fantasies, sexuality, orgasm
sexism, 4, 9, 16, 61, 68, 93, 94, 116, 120, 125, 126, 127, 129, 132, 144, 160, 161, 181, 186, 194, 198, 205, 218, 223, 233, 234, 241, 273, 287, 308; defined, 235; and racism, re. rape, 165; “Hemingway mystique,” 70; “masculine chic,” 168n; see also culture (patriarchal), discrimination, religion (patriarchal)
Sexton, Anne, 244, 265
sexual fantasies, male, in patriarchal culture, 166; male, about “liberated woman,” 165; sado-masochistic, 227–240
sexuality, 5, 7, 14, 16, 52, 66, 66, 92, 93, 104–106, 116, 162, 175, 181, 182, 203, 207, 227–240, 290; Human Sexual Response (Masters and Johnson), 104–105; male sexuality, 164n; patriarchal male sexuality as rape, 163–164; asexuality, 176, 186; monosexuality, 105. 175, 176, 293; omnisexuality, 104; pansexuality, 53; unisexuality, 53; see bisexuality, celibacy, heterosexuality, homosexuality, masturbation, orgasm, sex, sexual fantasies, virginity
“sexual liberation,” see “sexual revolution”
“sexual revolution,” 4, 40, 83, 98, 105, 124, 165, 194, 227, 242
Shange, Ntozake, 265
Shatayev, Elvira, 311
Shaw, George Bernard, 267
Sherfey, Mary Jane, §
Sherman, Julia, 236n
Silverwoman, Susan, 179, 183
Simone, Nina, 221
Sinclair, John, 121, 127
Sinclair, Leni, 130
Sisterhood is Powerful, 74, 107, 117, 120, 157
Sisterhood is Powerful, Inc. (“Sisterhood Fund”), 120, 157
Sloan, Margaret, 172
Smith, Bessie, 206
Smith, Catherine F., 304n
Smith, Margaret Chase, 183
“snuff films,” 167n; see also death, pornography, sadism, violence
Socialist Workers Party (SWP), 149, 150, 181; see Young Socialists Alliance
Solanas, Valerie, 126, 130
Sontag, Susan, 266
Sor Juana, 285
South America, 6, 303
Southern, Terry, 124
Soviet Union (USSR), 103, 190
Soweto, 134
Spanish-speaking women, 66, 89; see Chicanas, international feminism, Mexican women, Puerto Rican women
Speght, Rachael, 298
spirituality, 11, 14, 207, 243, 288, 302–306; as confused with religion, 304; see art; see also religion
Spock, Benjamin, 15, 99
Spock, Jane, 99
sports, 95, 193, 198
Sprenger, James, see Kramer, §
Stanford, Ann, 298, §
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 91, 156, 157, §
Steinem, Gloria, 191
Stone, Merlin, §
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 157
Stuard, Susan Mosher, §
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 66, 70
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 10, 66, 94, 100, 103, 209
suffrage, women’s movement, 62, 95, 98, 132, 156, 174n, 197; in England, 199–201; see vote; see also Anthony, Pank-hurst, Stanton
suicide, 12, 183, 203, 206, 306, 308, 309, 310; see death
suttee, 8
Sweden, 69
Swinton, Pat, 124
Switzerland, 205
Symbionese Liberation Army, 288
Szasz, Thomas, 241, 244
Tanzania, 6
Tate, Sharon, 124
Tennov, Dorothy, §
Teresa (Saint) of Avila, 221, 253, 297, 304, 313, §
Thailand, 6
theater, 24, 28, 72, 77, 202, 215, 218, 267, 268–289; Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy, 268–289; see guerrilla theater
Third World, 91, 94, 100, 120, 128; see Asian-American, black, Chicana, Mexican, Puerto Rican; see also colonization, international feminism, minority women, racism
Three Marias, see Marias, The Three, §
Tillich, Hannah, 168, §
Tillich, Paul, 168
Times, New York, 35, 59, 90–93, 95, 101, 175
Trudeau, Margaret, 15
Truth, Sojourner, 89
Tubman, Harriet, 89
transsexualism, 181
transvestitism, 167, 171, 173, 180–181, 303
troubadours, 266, 274, 285
Tuve, Rosemond, 301n, §
United States (of America), 6, 69, 86, 87–88, 91, 96, 98–99, 100, 103, 106, 122, 166, 189, 190, 192–193, 202, 203, 205, 209, 215, 222, 224, 242n, 253, 272, 273, 286, 288, 303
Ungerer, Tomi, 125
United Nations, 190, 204
Up From Under, 93
Vajrathon, Mallica, 17
vanguard, 156, 178, 184, 185; “——worker,” 189; “vanguarditis,” 178, 184; “Failure Vanguardism,” 13; see also class (analysis)
Vaughan, Henry, 296
verbal assault (of women, in public), 169, 180, 290; see also language, rape, sexism, violence
Vietnam (war), 60, 64, 69, 76, 100, 101, 115, 118, 134, 143, 178, 179, 207, 209, 217, 219, 222–226, 277–278, 312; My Lai, 132
violence, 53, 77, 99, 104, 106, 123, 124, 128n, 131–140, 147–148, 151, 157–158, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170–171, 172–173, 175, 182, 183, 185, 199–201, 209, 217, 222–226, 230, 241, 288, 291, 292, 293, 300–301, 302–304, 306–308, 311, 312, 313; psychic violence, 139; see also battery, rape, sadism, witchcraft (persecution of), verbal assault
virginity, 7, 24, 109, 110, 168, 169, 230; see also celibacy
volunteerism, 8, 10
vote, 8, 98, 103; destruction of voter-registration cards, 73, 78–79; see suffrage
waitresses, 6
Walker, Alice, 265
Wallace, George, 77
Wallace, Michelle, 265
Walsh, J. E., 285, §
Warhol, Andy, 130n
Warrior, Betsy, 196n
Watergate, 134, 207, 209
Weather “Bureau,” 123; men, 121, 123, 182, 225; people, 117, 156; underground, 183; women, 116, 123, 124
weaving, 253, 274, 282, 287, 313
Weideger, Paula, §
welfare, 6, 60, 66, 70, 88, 89, 92, 94, 253; see National Welfare Rights Organization
whales, 225
Whitney, Isabella, 298
Wicce (Craft of the Wise, matriarchal religion, the Old Religion), 11, 15, 179, 187–188, 225, 303n, 305, 306, 312; etymology, 72, 187; see goddess-worship, spirituality, witchcraft
Wickham, Anna, 206
Willard, Frances, 157
Williams, Tennessee, 267
Wilson, Joan Hoff, 189, 196, §
Win, 59
Winant, Fran, 265
Windschuttle, Elizabeth, 196n
WITCH, 69, 71–81, 101, 116, 121, 157, 304
witchcraft, 11, 55, 71, 75, 76, 139, 142, 173, 174; diagnosed as hallucination and hysteria, 241; persecution of, 12, 75, 77, 158, 179, 225, 241, 303, in 1976 303n; “A New Fable of the Burning Time,” 209–211; see goddess-worship, Wicce
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 52, 89, 206, 312, §
Women: A Journal of Liberation, 93
Women’s Equity Action League (WEAL), 15
Women’s Law Centers, 9, 158
women’s studies, 9, 10, 69, 95, 155, 157, 189–201; Clearing House for, 199; Women’s Studies Newsletter, 199
Woolf, Leonard, 287, 312
Woolf, Virginia, 5, 206, 244, 287, 311, §
writing, xi, xii, xiii, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26–29, 30, 33–34. 35–38, 40–41, 44–46, 50, 52, 54, 55, 59, 60, 68, 73, 74, 90, 107–108, 115–116, 117, 119–120, 121–122, 131, 157, 158, 160, 170, 171, 173, 17
4, 185, 191, 192, 195, 203, 205, 206, 207, 215–216, 219, 220–221, 222, 223, 225, 227–228, 243–245, 253, 265, 267, 275–280, 282–284, 286–287, 304n, 306, 311; see art, language, poetry
Wroth, Mary Sidney, 298
Wylie, Eleanor, 267
Yeats, William Butler, 219, 267
Yippies, 72
Young Lords, 115, 126; see Puerto Rican (men, radical groups)
Young Socialists Alliance (YSA), 149, 150, 173; see Socialist Workers Party
Yvonne, 265
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Award-winning poet, novelist, journalist, and feminist leader Robin Morgan has published more than twenty books, including the now-classic anthologies Sisterhood Is Powerful and Sisterhood Is Global and the best selling The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism. Her work has been translated into thirteen languages, among them Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Persian. A recipient of honors including a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, and former editor in chief of Ms., Morgan founded the Sisterhood Is Global Institute, and with Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem, cofounded the Women’s Media Center. She writes and hosts Women’s Media Center Live with Robin Morgan, a weekly program with a global audience on iTunes and WMCLive.com—her commentaries legendary, her guests ranging from grassroots activists to Christiane Amanpour, Anita Hill, and President Jimmy Carter.
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