Yours in Sisterhood: Ms. Magazine and the Promise of Popular Feminism

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Univ of North Carolina Press, 1998 - Social Science - 232 pages
In this book, Amy Erdman Farrell traces "Ms." from its pathbreaking origins in 1972 to its final commercial issue in 1989. Drawing on interviews with former editors, archival materials, and the text of the magazine itself, Farrell examines the role "Ms."
 

Contents

Like a Tarantula on a Banana Boat The Origins of Ms Magazine
15
SelfHelp and Sisterhood Ms in the 19705
49
This Side of Combat Boots Ms in the 19808
100
A Change of Skin or a Change of Heart? Ms in Transition 19871989
179
Imagining a Popular Feminism
191
NOTES
199
BIBLIOGRAPHY
215
INDEX
225
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Amy Erdman Farrell is associate professor of American studies and coordinator of women's studies at Dickinson College.

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