Letters to a Young Feminist Phyllis Chesler, Ph.D. Hardcover $18.00 Order now		Author and editor-at-large of On The Issues magazine, Phyllis Chesler uses her experiences as a feminist during the turbulence of the 1970's to enlighten a new generation about the importance of the feminist movement. Chesler weaves her personal experiences with the history of the movement to assess the accomplishments and failures of her generation. She does so in an honest and straightforward manner which brings an aura of intimacy to this collection of essays. Discussing topics such as sisterhood, sex, motherhood, resistance and the economics of power, Chesler steers the next generation toward reclaiming/reinterpreting feminism for themselves. This is not a "How-To" manual for feminists, but rather a frank discussion of feminism as a way of interpreting the world around us.

Inside Ms.: 25 years of the Magazine and the Feminist Movement Mary Thom Hardcover $25.00 Order now		Twenty-five years ago, the preview issue of a new magazine called Ms. hit the newsstands across the country. It was the first nationally-circulated magazine to come out of the women's movement. The first 300,000 copies (which were supposed to last several months) flew off the shelves in just ten days. The women's movement had found a voice. Author Mary Thom was with the magazine from the earliest days and as she introduces the striking personalities that shaped Ms., she also traces the rise of one of the most transforming movements of the twentieth century. From the energy and enthusiasm of the founding editors Gloria Steinem and Pat Carbine, through the struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment and the backlash against feminism in the Reagan years, to the many battles Ms. fought with advertisers, Thom brings us within this groundbreaking institution which became the vehicle through which many women realized their shared experiences.

The Feminine Mystique Betty Friedan Hardcover $27.50 Order now		Here, reissued and with a new introduction, is the book that jump-started the modern day women's movement. As vital today as when it was first published three decades ago, the issues Friedan raises still strike at the core of the challenges women face in the home and in the workplace. From the "Happy Housewife Heroine" to the "Forfeited Self" Friedan defines conciousness-raising literature adding a timely twist with the new introduction entitled "Metamorphosis: Two Generations Later".

Blues Legacies and Black Feminism Angela Y. Davis Hardcover $27.50 Paperback $15.00 Order the hardcover Order the paperback		It is widely accepted that jazz is the signal American contribution to world culture. In Blues Legacies, Angela Davis (one of our most important intellectuals and political activists) traces the roots of jazz within the blues and celebrates the tradition of black women blues singers-such as Bessie Smith, Billy Holiday and Gertrude "Ma" Rainey-who embody an unacknowleged proto-feminist consciousness. Triumphing over a hostile music industry, these women were also a life-sustaining vehicle for a black working-class, shaping their collective social consciousness.

Bound Feet and Western Dress Pang-Mei Natasha Chang Paperback $12.95 Order now		"In China, a woman is nothing." So begins the saga of a woman born in the years between the fall of the last emperor and the Communist Revolution to a highly respected Chinese family, a woman who continually defied her family's expectations. In the alternating voices of two generations, this dual memoir brings together a deeply textured portrait of one woman's life in China with the story of her grand-niece's struggle to accept her bi-cultural identity.

A Shining Thread of Hope : The History of Black Women in America Darlene Clark Hine & Kathleen Thompson Paperback $14.00 Order now		Encompassing both the panoramic story of black women in America and the intimate, evocative details of the lives of individual woman, this landmark history offers a new perspective on a long-neglected part of our country's history. More than a story of struggle, black women's history is very much a story of hope. Chronicling the lives of black women from the reign of lynch law in the Jim Crow South to the triumphs of Civil Rights Era, Hine and Thompson illuminate the roots of the present-day black community and make evident that our understanding of women's history, and indeed of American history, must begin with an understanding of black women.

A Woman's Path Jo Giese with photos by Jill Johnson Paperback $14.00 Order now		In candid first person stories and stunning photographs, A Woman's Path celebrates the diverse life and careers of women today. From farmer, to brokerage house president, to Franciscan nun, these women have all taken the "path less traveled" and have discovered numerous rewards (and obstacles) in following their hearts.

The Vagina Monologues Eve Ensler (Foreward by Gloria Steinem) Paperback $12.00 Order now		Adapted from her award-winning one-woman show by the same title, Eve Ensler's book takes on the last forbidden frontier. As hilarious as it is insightful, these monologues transform the question mark hovering over the female anatomy into a permanent victory sign. These short vignettes are derived from Enslers interviews with over two hundred women. What these women had to say about their own bodies is both enlightening and frightening.

Real Majority, Media Minority Laura Flanders Paperback $16.95 Order now		"What's critical isn't who's telling the story, but how the story's being told," argues Laura Flanders, host of the nationally-syndicated radio program CounterSpin. Due in part to writers and activists such as Flanders and organizations such as FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting) there has been an increase in the number of women working within the news media. But can we equate an increase in women reporters with an increase in coverage of so-called "women's issues." Laura Flanders says "NO!"

Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media Susan Douglas Paperback $ 16.00 Order now		Written from a baby-boomer's perspective yet relevant to any generation, Douglas takes on the important task of analyzing the media images of women during the early formative years of the Second Wave of the women's movement. Using her sharp eye (and even sharper wit), Douglas dissects a wide range of female images. From "Bewitched" to the Supremes to the images of feminists in the news, Douglas shows the impact popular culture has on the development of women's self-images. Well written, easily readable, and, at times, hysterically funny.

The Comfort Women George Hicks Paperback $14.95 Order now		This well researched history of the Japanese army's enforced prostitution of thousands of (mostly Korean) women during W.W.II. Hicks analyzes how this war crime was conceived, carried out and, subsequently, covered up. Hicks also delves into the question of what role the Asian culture played in allowing this atrocity to go undetected and unquestioned for so long. Interspersed among the facts and figures are personal accounts of "comfort women" who survived the ordeal. It is these accounts which help this book transcend the realm of mere "history" to reach the more personal histories with which this issue deals. A dark chapter in women's history that should dragged into the light and examined closely.

The Second Sex Simone de Beauvoir Paperback $16.00 Order now		"One day I wanted to explain myself to myself...And it struck me with a sort of surprise that the first thing I had to say was 'I am a woman.'" So begins the revolutionary book of twentieth-century French philosopher Simone de Beauvoir. Starting as one woman's attempt to find out who she is, the book ended up defining many of the views of the Second Wave of the women's movement. Drawing from Dubois "The Souls of Black Folks," de Beauvoir explains women's subordination in terms of how they are viewed as "the Other," that is, what men are not. Drawing on extensive interviews with a wide variety of women, masterfully synthesizing research about women's bodies and psyches as well as their historic and economic roles, The Second Sex is an encyclopedic and brilliantly argued document of inequality and enforced "otherness" which is still viable over forty-five years later.

Goddesses in Everywoman Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. Paperback $14.00 Order now		Just as women were (before the women's movement) unaware of the powerful effects that cultural stereotypes had on them, they may now be unaware of the forces from within that influence what they do and how they feel. Dr. Bolen explains how understanding women's inner patterns and interrelationships can help to provide the key to self-knowledge and wholeness. Introducing these "personality patterns" or personality traits as seven archetypal goddesses with whom all women can identify, Dr. Bolen shows readers how to identify their own "ruling goddess" and how to cultivate their own personalities to become more than just the restrictive dichotomies of: masculine/feminine, mother/lover, career-woman/housewife.