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Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

Feminism and Women’s Liberation

This collection reflects developments in feminism and women’s liberation movements from the 1960s to early 1990s. Many of the materials illuminate women’s dual experiences as active members of larger political movements (such as the anti-war/anti-imperialism movement, prison movement, and various international solidarity movements) and as subjects of gender-specific issues such as domestic violence, access to reproductive rights and abortion, childcare, traditional gender roles and expectations, and sexual harassment within the workplace. Major themes include lesbian politics, combating patriarchy, racism, violence and exploitation, self-defense, international struggles from the perspectives of women, especially women of color, working class women, incarcerated or formerly incarcerated women, third world women, women and representation (such as in the media), sexual education, and systemic sexism. Formats include periodicals, pamphlets, monographs, articles, and reports.


Documents

International women's day International women's day
Publisher: Revolting LesbiansFormat: FlyerCollection: Feminism and Women’s Liberation
Battle Acts Battle Acts
Publisher: Women of Youth Against War & FascismYear: 1971Volume Number: October-November Vol.1 No. 8Format: PeriodicalCollection: Feminism and Women’s Liberation
Focus on Working Women. Special: A mother of an Attica prisoner speaks out. Articles on Women Workers; Unemployment Rights; CULA (Center for United Labor Action); Angela - On George Jackson; Women Rebel at Alderson; Shenandoah on Strike; Alexandra Kollanti (Russian Revolution); Wanted: Rights for Divorced, Working Mothers; Algerian Women; Army Dependents Unite!; Attica - "I have 1,099 Brothers and 1 Son."
Voices of Women: Poetry by and about Third World Women Voices of Women: Poetry by and about Third World Women
Publisher: Women's International Resource Exchange (WIRE)Year: 1981Format: PamphletCollection: Feminism and Women’s Liberation
A collection of poems dedicated to the fallen women of the Philippines, South Africa, Argentina, and Lebanon, and the struggles of the Guatemalan, Salvadoran, and Chilean people. Part One: Private Whispers; Part Two: Public Shouts; Part Three: Listen to the Voices of Our Growing Discontent; Part Four: Sister, Unknown Sister, Your Voice Reaches Us
What We're Rolling Around in Bed With- Sexual Silences in Feminism: A Conversation toward Ending Them What We're Rolling Around in Bed With- Sexual Silences in Feminism: A Conversation toward Ending Them
Authors: Amber Hollibaugh and Cherrie MoragaYear: 1981Format: ArticleCollection: Feminism and Women’s Liberation
Reproduction. "This article was derived from a series of conversations we entertained for many months. Through it, we wish to illuminate both our common and different relationship to a feminist movement to which we are both committed."
Speech for a Revolutionary Celebration of International Women's Day Speech for a Revolutionary Celebration of International Women's Day
Author: Ashaki BintaPublisher: Afrikan People's PartyDate: 3/8/1978Format: TranscriptCollection: Feminism and Women’s Liberation
Reproduction of Ashaki Binta speech for International Women's Day 1978.
The Black Woman's Role in the Community of Slaves The Black Woman's Role in the Community of Slaves
Author: Angela DavisPublisher: The Black ScholarDate: 12/1971Volume Number: DecemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Feminism and Women’s Liberation
Reflections on the overlooked & unique struggle and resistance of enslaved Black (African) women.
News from the Womens Movement News from the Womens Movement
Publisher: Women's International Information and Communication ServiceYear: 1981Volume Number: No. 21Format: PeriodicalCollection: Feminism and Women’s Liberation
Articles include: "Anti-Nuclear Women; Racism and the Women's Movement; Self-Defense; Lesbian Separatism; Report: 1st Latin American Women's Conference."
The Women's Question is a Class Question The Women's Question is a Class Question
Author: Celia SojournPublisher: Weather Underground OrganizationFormat: StatementCollection: Feminism and Women’s Liberation
Reproduction.
Participation of Latin American Women in Social and Political Organizations: Reflections of Salvadoran Women Participation of Latin American Women in Social and Political Organizations: Reflections of Salvadoran Women
Author: The Association of Salvadoran WomenPublisher: Democratic Revolutionary FrontDate: 11/1981Volume Number: NovemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Feminism and Women’s Liberation
This is a translation of a paper presented by a representative of AMES (Association of Salvadoran Women) at the First Latin American Research Seminar on Women in San Jose, Costa Rica in 1981.
Red Stockings [mp3] Red Stockings [mp3]
Publisher: The Freedom ArchivesFormat: mp3Collection: Feminism and Women’s Liberation
Redstockings, also known as Redstockings of the Women\'s Liberation Movement, is a radical feminist group that was founded in January 1969.