{"product_id":"in-our-time-memoir-of-a-revolution-paperback","title":"In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Brownmiller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly reported and published to wide critical acclaim, this important book on the women's movement brings vividly to life--as only Brownmiller can--the colorful cast of characters on whose shoulders we stand, and the landmark events of the revolution that transformed our society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere once was a time when the concept of equal pay for equal work did not exist, when women of all ages were \"girls,\" when abortion was a back-alley procedure, when there was no such thing as a rape crisis center or a shelter for battered women, when \"sexual harassment\" had not yet been named and defined. \"If conditions are right,\" Susan Brownmiller says in this stunning memoir, \"if the anger of enough people has reached the boiling point, the exploding passion can ignite a societal transformation.\" \u003cbr\u003eIn Our Time tells the story of that transformation, as only Brownmiller can. A leading feminist activist and the author of Against Our Will, the book that changed the nation's perception of rape, she now brings the Women's Liberation movement and its passionate history vividly to life. \u003cbr\u003eHere is the colorful cast of characters on whose shoulders we stand--the feminist icons Betty Friedan, Kate Millett, Germaine Greer, and Gloria Steinem, and the lesser known women whose contributions to change were equally profound. And here are the landmark events of the era: the consciousness-raising groups that sprung up in people's living rooms, the mimeographed position papers that first articulated the new thinking, the abortion and rape speak-outs, the daring sit-ins, the underground newspaper collectives, and the inventive lawsuits that all played a role in the most wide-reaching revolution of the twentieth century. \u003cbr\u003eHere as well are Brownmiller's reflections on the feminist utopian vision, and her dramatic accounts, rendered with honesty and humor, of the movement's painful internal schisms as it struggled to give voice to the aspirarations of all women. Finally, Brownmiller addresses thatmost relevant question: What is the legacy of feminism today?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMale-only admissions policies. Back-alley abortions. The pervasive belief that rape was a woman's fault. These were the shocking conditions that stirred students, mothers, businesswomen, and grandmothers to activism in the latter half of the twentieth century. In this stirring memoir, Susan Brownmiller, feminist activist and author of the landmark work on rape, Against Our Will, draws upon her four decades on the front lines of the women's movement to chronicle the startling inequities, groundbreaking campaigns, and colorful cast of characters that ignited one of the most transformational movements in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Our Time takes us behind the scenes to meet the passionate and provocative \"foremothers\" who steered the rising tide of feminism in America: Germaine Greer. Kate Millett. Betty Friedan. Gloria Steinem. Rita Mae Brown. And it reveals the real stories behind the headlines that heralded womankind's quest for freedom. The Miss America protest of 1968. The sit-in at the Ladies' Home Journal. Karla Jay's table-turning Wall Street \"Ogle-in\". Lucy Komisar's \"This Ad Insults Women\" sticker campaign. The conception and creation of Ms. magazine. And every skirmish, standoff, and highlight of the thirty-year struggle for equality -- as told by a woman who was at the center of the action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan Brownmiller is the author of \u003cb\u003eAgainst Our Will: Men, Women And Rape\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eFemininity\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eWaverly Place\u003c\/b\u003e, a novel; \u003cb\u003eSeeing Vietnam\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eShirley Chisholm\u003c\/b\u003e, a biography for children. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Village Voice, Esquire, Vogue, Rolling Stone, The Nation, \u003c\/i\u003e and many other publications. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42451482083463,"sku":"9780385318310","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/056d20fab072c2415ad517043cf7fc5f.webp?v=1742026053","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/in-our-time-memoir-of-a-revolution-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}