Women And Socialism: Class, Race, and Capital

(Paperback, Revised Edition)

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Thirty years have passed since the heyday of the women's liberation movement, yet women remain without equal rights while feminist thought has shifted steadily rightward. This fully updated collection of essays examines these issues from a Marxist perspective, focused on both gender and class, with a new chapter on the stirrings of a new movement today.

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Sharon Smiths work, spanning decades of events affecting women, provides a valuable and uncommon perspective on the oppression and liberation of women. The book covers both theory of womens oppression and the history and politics of womens movements. Her understanding of the grounding of womens oppression in class society, her vision of solidarity among women and men, and her critique of ideologies of sexism and the rollback of the gains of the womens movement are tremendously important contributions to womens studies. More than that, the accessible writing and incisive assessment of the movements gains and losses are indispensable for activists for womens liberation today. Dana Cloud, Associate Professor, University of Texas, Austin
Sharon Smiths work, spanning decades of events affecting women, provides a valuable and uncommon perspective on the oppression and liberation of women. The book covers both theory of womens oppression and the history and politics of womens movements. Her understanding of the grounding of womens oppression in class society, her vision of solidarity among women and men, and her critique of ideologies of sexism and the rollback of the gains of the womens movement are tremendously important contributions to womens studies. More than that, the accessible writing and incisive assessment of the movements gains and losses are indispensable for activists for womens liberation today. Dana Cloud, Associate Professor, University of Texas, Austin

Author Bio

Sharon Smith is the author of Subterranean Fire, also published by Haymarket books, as well as many articles on women's liberation and the U.S. working class. Her writings appear regularly in Socialist Worker newspaper and the International Socialist Review.