MOOC WHAW1.2x | 17.5.2 Origins of Second-Wave Feminism with Linda Gordon

[@andrewdobbs7747]

phenomenal video. extremely well spoken and informative. thank you ladies for helping me to further understand the second wave!

[@cate1657]

These two women, Alice Kessler-Harris and Linda Gordon have both been pioneers in bringing the women's experience to mainstream consciousness through their writings, among other important activities. They were both early writers of the first textbooks used in college-level women's history and women's studies courses. I took my first U.S. history course in college in 1989 entitled: "U.S. History As Women's History"--this at a time when such courses were few and far between. In the course, we used a textbook edited by Kessler-Harris and for the first time I learned about women of all races who were integral to America's past. By the way, a few years later I would stand in a college classroom and teach a history course entitled: "Women In the American West"--it was by then not considered to be unusual for women's history courses to be offered. I taught several women's history courses after that but always remembered those first exciting textbooks that I used to learn from. It's exciting for me to see them both here as they've matured in their thinking and their contributions to understanding women's roles in American history.

[@Yeetmaster3000-co4on]

Linda Gordon called for the dismantling for the family. She is a menace to the humans race.

[@noorwazir1338]

And what about personal is political.