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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED161973 AUTHOR: Seifer, Nancy
TITLE: Where Feminism and Ethnicity Intersect: The Impact
of
Parallel Movements. Working Paper Series Number 16.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 14 p.
AVAILABILITY: Institute on Pluralism and Group Identity,
American Jewish Committee, 165 East 56th Street, New York,
New York 10022 ($0.50)
ABSTRACT: In the past five years, the Women's Movement and
rising ethnic identity among white and racial minority
groups have become facts of life in American society. Both
movements challenged the myth of the American melting pot
and the promise of "freedom, justice and liberty for all."
The answer to apparent societal fragmentation may be found
in an examination of the reciprocal impacts of cultural
diversity and the Women's Movement. In its early years, the
Movement's base was narrow, appealing to white, middle
class professionals, and frequently alienating the majority
of American women. But as the Movement dug deeper into all
areas of discrimination, the fight for equal rights gained
new adherents and new affiliations with organizations that
focused on the needs of working class women. The Movement's
impact is visible in such developments as the formation of
women's labor unions, innovative education programs
sensitive to women's special needs, and women's support
groups in ethnic communities. The U.S. National Women's
Agenda is a broad scale coalition of over 90 such groups.
The Agenda promises to become an organizing tool and
vehicle for stating the concerns of American women of all
backgrounds. Its success will depend on the extent to which
women can understand and appreciate their differences.
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KEY DESCRIPTORS: Civil-Rights; Cultural-Pluralism; Culture
Conflict; Employed-Women; Lower-Middle-Class; Low-Income
Groups; Middle-Class; Social-Differences; Womens-Education
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Ethnicity-; *Females-; *Feminism-; *Group
Membership; *Minority-Groups; *Social-Change
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