International Women's Year: The Greatest Consciousness-Raising Event in History
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (553 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195327683 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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While participants expressed dismay at levels of discord and conflict, Jocelyn Olcott explores how these combative, unanticipated encounters generated the most enduring legacies, including women's networks across the global south, greater attention to the intersectionalities of marginalization, and the arrival of women's micro-credit on the development scene.This watershed moment in transnational feminism, colorfully narrated in International Women's Year, launched a new generation of activist networks that spanned continents, ideologies, and generations.. The story then dives into the action in Mexico City, including conflicts over issues ranging from abortion to Zionism. The United Nations provided indispensable infrastructure and sup
Deeply researched and told in compelling detail, Olcott's narrative shows how the interactions and dialogue forged in Mexico City laid the basis for the next several decades of global feminist activism."--Susan Ware, General Editor, American National Biography . These two collided at the 1975 International Women's Year conference in Mexico City, producing a spectacular display of both solidarity and conflict. Rupp, author of Worlds of Women: The Making of an International Women's Movement"Jocelyn Olcott's terrific account of the International Women's Year confe
. She is the author of Revolutionary Women in Postrevolutionary Mexico and the co-editor of Sex in Revolution: Gender, Politics, and Power in Modern Mexico. Jocelyn Olcott is associate professor of History and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University