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Analysis of spaces and institutions, from bookstores to softball fields, in which second-wave feminism arose in the midwest.

Table of Contents

About the Series ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Locating Feminist Activism 1
Part 1: Community Organizing and Commercial Space
1. “Someone or Something Made That a Women’s Bar”: Claiming the Nighttime Marketplace 25
2. “Don’t Steal It, Read It Here”: Building Community in the Marketplace 62
Part 2: Public Assertion and Civic Space
3. “Kind of Like Mecca”: Playgrounds, Players, and Women’s Movement 105
4. Out in Left Field: Feminist Movement and Civic Athletic Space 145
Part 3: Politicizing Place and Feminist Institutions
5. Finding the Limit of Women’s Autonomy: Shelters, Health Clinics, and the Practice of Property 177
6. If I Can’t Dance Shirtless, It’s Not a Revolution: Coffeehouse, Clubs, and the Construction of “All Women” 217
Conclusion: Recognizing the Subject of Feminist Activism 252
Notes 269
Bibliography 335
Index 357

About the Author

Anne Enke is Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, History, and LGBT Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Reviews

"Possibly the best book to date on the 'second-wave' women's movement and certainly the most original ... one of the best handful of studies of any social movement. I look forward to using it in my courses."--Linda Gordon, author of The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction "In places like softball fields, church basements, and dance floors, Anne Enke locates a cast of compelling characters who don't usually make it into history books. The result is a startlingly original history of second-wave feminism. Enke forces us to think freshly about the 1960s, political mobilization, and the ways that people change the world around them."--John D'Emilio, coauthor of Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America