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This best-selling anthology is a unique introduction to feminism and women’s studies. It presents a multidisciplinary collection of academic essays and analyses, personal narratives, and fiction and poetry about women’s lives. The selections illustrate the variety of women’s experiences, primarily in the United States, considering both commonalities and differences among women and appreciating women’s diverse approaches to living and fostering change.

This book tells the story of the daily lives of women industrial workers in World War II shipyards. It focuses on their struggle against the persistence of occupational segregation, the sexual and racial hierarchy of the shipyard work force, and the pervasive emphasis on female sexuality which served as a constant reminder that women were transient and marginal imposters. In addition, Fleeting Opportunities demonstrates that despite the myth that these women yearned to return to their kitchens, in fact many wanted to continue using their wartime skills in the postwar period. However, finding themselves excluded from jobs by union and management, those who continued to work ended up in low-paying, predominantly female occupations.

"This document was written by a group of independent movement people doing community organizing and SDS work in New Haven, Chicago, and Cambridge. Its purpose is to bring together the strands of the new left analysis of American society and to attempt to articulate the politics of that tendency within socialist thought." --Introduction.

A unique introduction to feminism & women's studies, this book is a multidisciplinary collection of essays & analyses, personal narratives, fiction, & poetry about women's lives. The selections illustrate the variety of women's experience, considering both commonalties & differences among women, as well as appreciate women's varied approaches to survival & personal & social change. Topics: socialization, women's bodies, reproductive health, work, violence against women, & approaches to feminist change. Includes the voices of women of all ages, varied sexual orientations, & different ethnic, racial, & class backgrounds.