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They Didn’t See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties
Maybe someday
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21/100Critics
67/100Scholars
Author:
Lisa Levenstein
Publisher:
Basic Books
Date:
July 14, 2020
Historian Lisa Levenstein takes a look back at the 1990s, a time of international coalition building for feminists that centered on the growing influence of lesbians, women of color, and activists from the global South. Their work laid the foundation for the feminist energy seen in today's movements, including the 2017 Women's March and #MeToo campaigns.
What The Reviewers Say
Especially astute is her chapter on the rise of digital feminism and online activism, as she spotlights pioneering ways in which specialists such as Barbara Ann O'Leary worked in the forefront of digital technology, while remaining aware of the digital divide. Levenstein adds nuances that will provide rich space for current feminist theorists, scholars, and activists to dig deeper into feminist history, and its social ramifications in a digital era.
In this compelling and inspiring book, Levenstein ensures that the feminist groups of the nineties will take their rightful place in women’s history..
An authoritative account.
... focused and persuasive.
