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How and why did women in SNCC (the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) author a pathbreaking feminist manifesto, 1964-1965? /

This document project examines the origins and authorship of the 1964 SNCC memo, "women in the movement," placing that manifesto within the broader historical context of evolving gender and race relations in SNCC during Freedom Summer. Drawing on an array of hitherto unexamined documents,...

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Main Authors: Sklar, Kathryn Kish (Author, Compiler), Baker, Elaine DeLott (Author, Compiler)
Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2015.
Series:Women and social movements: scholar's edition
Subjects:
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Civil rights.
Feminism.
Race relations.
Mississippi.
Féminisme.
Relations raciales.
feminism.
Civil rights
Feminism
Race relations
Mississippi
Electronic books.
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Summary:This document project examines the origins and authorship of the 1964 SNCC memo, "women in the movement," placing that manifesto within the broader historical context of evolving gender and race relations in SNCC during Freedom Summer. Drawing on an array of hitherto unexamined documents, this project follows the experiences of Elaine DeLott Baker and other women activists who worked out of Jackson, Mississippi and addresses the broader significance and impact of the memo.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed April 7, 2015).
Physical Description:1 online resource.