Rebel Crossings: New Women, Free Lovers and Radicals in Britain and the United States
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (625 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 178478589X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sheila Rowbotham, who helped start the women’s liberation movement in Britain, is known internationally as an historian of feminism and radical social movements. She is the author of the ground-breaking books Women, Resistance and Revolution; Woman’s Consciousness, Man’s World; and Hidden from History. . Her later works include Promise of a Dream: Remembering the Sixties;
A young Bostonian, Helen Tufts learns of Miriam’s defiant spirit through her close friendship with Helena; the love she feels for Helena and later for William fundamentally alters her life.All six are part of a wider historical search for self-fulfillment and an alternative to a cruelly competitive capitalism. In articles, poems and allegories Helena, Helen and Miriam resist the cultural constraints women face, while female characters in Gertrude’s novels struggle to combine personal happiness with radical social commitment. It is a work of significant originality by one of our leading feminist historians and speaks to the dilemmas of our own time.. Robert, the former union militant, becomes preoccupied with personal growth and mystical enlightenment in the wilds of California.Rebel Crossings offers fascinating perspectives on the historical interaction of feminism, socialism, and anarchism and on the incipient consciousness of a new sense of self, so vital for women seeking emancipation. Radicalised by the rise of socialism, Helena Born, Miriam Daniell, Gertrude Dix, Robert Nicol and William Bailie cross the Atlanti
Sheila Rowbotham has created a wonderful text that is at the very least a unique history, a fascinating romance, and a travelogue.”—Ron Jacobs, Counterpunch “Juicy historical gossip for nerds.” —Lucy Kogler, LitHub “An example of meticulous research in resurrecting forgotten lives.” —Choice. Rowbotham is the right person to tell this story. She has spent her career writing about historical attempts at liberation and has herself become a doyenne of the feminist movement … The stories she has uncovered are t