Feminist Foremothers in Women s Studies, Psychology, and Mental
Health is by and about the more recent wave of feminist
foremothers; those who were awakened in the 1960s and 70s to the
realization that something was terribly wrong. These are the women
who created the fields of feminist therapy, feminist psychology,
and women s mental health as they exist today. The 48 women share
their life stories in the hope that they will inspire and encourage
readers to take their own risks and their own journeys to the outer
edges of human possibility. Authors write about what led up to
their achievements, what their accomplishments were, and how their
lives were consequently changed. They describe their personal
stages of development in becoming feminists, from unawareness to
activism to action. Some women focus on the painful barriers to
success, fame, and social change; others focus on the surprise they
experience at how well they, and the women s movement, have done.
Some well-known feminist foremothers featured include: Phyllis
Chesler Gloria Steinem Kate Millett Starhawk Judy Chicago Zsuszanna
Emese Budapest Andrea Dworkin Jean Baker Miller Carol Gilligan In
Feminist Foremothers in Women s Studies, Psychology, and Mental
Health, many of the women see in hindsight how prior projects and
ideas and even dreams were the forerunners to their most important
work. They note the importance of sisterhood and the presence of
other women and the loneliness and isolation experienced when they
don t exist. They note the validation they have received from
grassroots feminists in contrast to disbelief from professionals.
Although these women have been and continue to be looked up to as
foremothers, they realize how little recognition they ve been given
from society-at-large and how much better off their male
counterparts are. Some foremothers write about the feeling of being
different, not meshing with the culture of the time and about
challenging the system as an outsider, not an insider. These are
women who had few mentors, who had to forge their own way, "hit the
ground running." Their stories will challenge readers to press on,
to continue the work these foremothers so courageously
started.Throughout the pages of Feminist Foremothers in Women s
Studies, Psychology, and Mental Health runs a sense of excitement
and vibrancy of lives lived well, of being there during the early
years of the women s movement, of making sacrifices, of taking
risks and living to see enormous changes result. Throughout these
pages, too, sounds a call not to take these changes for granted but
to recognize that feminists, rather than arguing over picayune
issues or splitting politically correct hairs, are battling for the
very soul of the world."
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