Freedom for women : forging the Women's Liberation Movement, 1953-1970 /
Carol Giardina.
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2010.
- xvi, 321 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Toward a female liberation movement -- The "borning" movement: "the idea of doing something about it" -- "Something had to be there already" -- The influence of Simone de Beauvoir -- Next steps to women's liberation -- The influence of black power on the rise of women's liberation -- "After that paper, there would be no turning back" -- Support for women's liberation on the left, new and old -- Making the Women's Liberation Movement -- The movement goes nationwide: 1968-1970 -- The movement is established: 1970.