Annotated Bibliography
Baker, Christina Looper, and Christina Baker Kline. The conversation begins: mothers and daughters talk about living feminism. New York: Bantam Books, 1996. Great personal reflections on issues spanning several generations.
Coontz, Stephanie. A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960s. New York: Basic Books, 2011. One of the best writers on the history of the American housewife. She breaks apart myths and tells compelling stories.
Heilbrun, Carolyn G.. The education of a woman: the life of Gloria Steinem. New York: Dial Press, 1995.The author gives the facts with some connections to how, but not why. Steinem's story is told with reverence from the author. Some negative qualities are not investigated.
Henretta, James A.. America's history. 6th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. Not popular in AP U.S. History courses. Expensive.
Horowitz, Daniel. Betty Friedan and the making of The feminine mystique the American left, the cold war, and modern feminism. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998.
I was a teenage feminist. DVD. Directed by Therese Shechter. New York, NY: Distributed by Women Make Movies, 2005.
Lovelace, Linda, and Mike McGrady. Ordeal. Secaucus, N.J.: Citadel Press, 1980. Gloria Steinem does not recommend reading this as it is a traumatic story of torture and abuse. I read several chapters then went back to Steinem's six page summary in Outrageous Acts for the bigger picture. There is now a movie on Cinemax called Lovelace which touches on some of the issues Linda faced.
Richardson, Diane, and Victoria Robinson. Introducing Gender and Women's Studies. 3rd rev. ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan :, 2007.
Rowe-Finkbeiner, Kristin. The F-word: feminism in jeopardy : women, politics, and the future. Emeryville, Calif.: Seal Press, 2004.
Shaw, Susan M., and Janet Lee. Women's voices, feminist visions: classic and contemporary readings. 4th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2009. College textbook for Women's Studies Course.
Stalcup, Brenda. The women's rights movement: opposing viewpoints. San Diego, Calif.: Greenhaven Press, 1996. Several issues with diverse opinions expressed in primary sources.
Steinem , Gloria . "A Bunny's Tale, Show's First Expose' for Intelligent People." Show , May 1963. Worth seeking from Microfilm collection at a University. Unique advertisements accompany article.
Steinem, Gloria. Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1983. Gloria writes a series of anecdotes from her memory which show her trials and tribulations in a witty way. She carefully reveals her inner motivations which lead her to be a key player in the women's movement for equality.
Steinem, Gloria. Revolution from within: a book of self-esteem. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1992. More biographical than one would expect. Shows how her own empowerment helped build a movement for women's rights.
Steinem, Gloria. Moving beyond words. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Much reflection by Steinem on her past, present and future work.
Steinem, Gloria. "The Official Website of Author and Activist Gloria Steinem - Home." The Official Website of Author and Activist Gloria Steinem - Home. http://www.gloriasteinem.com (accessed July 10, 2013). Has links to a few articles like, Bunny Tale part 2, but only a few.
Stern, Sydney Ladensohn. Gloria Steinem: her passions, politics, and mystique. Secaucus, N.J.: Carol Pub. Group, 1997. Excellent overview of early life with references and explanations to later life decisions, including analysis of leadership qualities and rise to fame. Many insights to her political action which are unique. He goes back to her childhood at several points in the book to give meaning to her actions.
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