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    AERCVo No.

    INRODUCTON

    SENG O H VOICS OF BLACK MINISME rances While

    ABOR CORO TROUG SMAL GROPSJapaese Labo odayEichi Iloh

    POEMPam McAste

    O AUTOOMY A NCLSONneeet Cenury Feinsm Bish opas aAmeican SocaistsMary An Cawso

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    E TY HOUSE TA IS A TY HOSE O MORE" Cre angage a CassKaheen Wee

    POEM 5Cidy Schuste

    NO PROPER ROS:Wome an te Mtaryoie Hayes

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    ABORTIO AS VOCE AGAIST WOMNResposes o MacKinonRosan ecesky, Cao ofe an CateeMacKion

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    LSENNG O E VOCESOF BLACK FEMNSM

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    s rte tes rtl t ts gwig dy eet wrig It begns wt itdut tt denetes te tet wi s writg s we s my wn emism emeged Next mes se tt ls dept t evsns f AfrAmeri sy need y b wmen ng t te gey ignred ps Filly tis strl

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    xrson inors th onlng ston on ththr ssus y lss, n sty tht or th or o onporry l nst ory.

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    n. W to giv th hn tol privlg thy long nn My inipin ins ril ginstths postion n th rging wons lrtion ovnt suppot y stn

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    ff l bk won in hr ho b,oon, hv bn piurly ipvWhn hy ook up h u of bk flurr vi, hr i ppl o whifni w on bk.

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    nly on i o ict concrn to bcwon h c pntlog btwn ivblc finit lirry critic print in Cni-tn: Nn w lo rfring chng froth rlir trn of ping inly o whitinc. A r thi pic flt ht hy iu tht fc or xpl, thyoffr inight on th probl nhr in bng onl cricl of otr blc won'wor in ourn by ny wht wo hvittl ntning of blc won Thygu for th pornc of uing thvilbl o 0 xchng i ongbc won n trngtn our nyi.

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    portnc of Afric in AfroAicn itornfonty o hv rtin pliticn unnfor vw n obl vot whol ction of Bautul A h Sus My rs o th Sou Africn ilitriS Apprny ntr obl nor hritor t rnticHl ri tht Sh w n it qivlnt o gttingpolon gnr wrong n Cn frn Glori oph ontici thAfrcn pt b icuing Africn won

    trong n powrfl lr Sh nvr rqton bou w uly o li wohv bn fo o won living unr ru An yt voction o th Afcnpt i n o o p o on lgcy,n ffort pon o not ony blc pop bt o pcficy bc won

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    svry s chrcrid y sul qliy.

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    urig h sl r u sh oms o r i-r ousios rom h os ou iDiss work or Hooks, sx ros i h slommui mirror hos mog h msrss us lk m op "whi sxisius owrs wom. his posio iu igors h opm o p lk uur h shr som us wihwhi mris u so sorm rilus io omri os oror hriw rsims h omplxi o h iio w rism sxism us siss work os.

    ooks os poi ou orrl h sxuliisio o lor h or m xis i h

    sl ommui oh wom m -o i h ils Howr, h mosprsigious skll posiios, suh s op-pg lksmihig, wr rv orm Wom i mos o h omsi loro puig i s m hous h

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    ils s m Y i is likl h his iisio olor smm rom ri us s wl somri os. oror h xiso his iso ors Hookss o hlk wom wr msuliz urig slrus h prorm ml sks. Ogi oimsio mp o xpli hompx irios w r sxls

    Wh Hooks pois ou h rilpriilg posiio o m i h s ommui sh gril sigs hisoris soiologiss or gorig h xploo ok wom Srogl jusl sh rgush soi siiss h mo irs i

    h smoli msulio o lk m ul rp o lk wom roill,isussos o h sxu xploio o lkwom h r rou h mig ohis rm or lk ms ssmissig is smph or h phsil moiol srs l o lk girs womoro, h mphsis s o k ms losso oro o lk wom Hooks xplis

    To sugget h men were dehuanzed soley a es of no beng able o be paarchsimpes ha he sbjgaon o black omenas esseal o he back male's develomeno a posve se-concep, an dea ha on

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    filg o oliv io i suppor ofbl wo hr fuil p r hopprssios of slv woHoos pps o forg h giu of hopprssio ll bl pop

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    slv irio worviw Morovr hf h sh rlis o h i rrivwihou ioig h so hisoris osir i o b f ws wh vi shos us.

    Hooss isiprios of bl hisoys h fouio for hr viws bo h ps Sh rgs h bl whi bo ogh i hir sxis lviol boh hv srios oi oiiig poliil rgs hroughou h

    Ui Ss h wo h r loi is bsur ifriig oq h powr of whi wih h ofbl who v h os bsi orolov hir ow livs whos f fo h ospr is ipriso or rly h

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    ll blk e othi isogyy bookssibl o y b popl Hoos Wl o s gr svi by highlighig hrrr of sxul poliis i b lbr-io sggls u boh grossly ovrs hrs wh hy rg for xp, h Aglvis ws ir oy for hr buy voio o bl o ll for hrpoliil ovios Howvr uh w r o o r Dviss Cos Pry posiios w ri for hr b-us sh hllg his is pilissys o ru s Hoos Wl f-fivly hv ou ris sruggs o -p by bl o pu hir prir

    hl r ov bl wo is fi o oy obl b lso o lbl popl

    i oh bl fiiss ws iso oly by h riil wy y whiiss p Hooss Ws

    s, b lso by h s wih whih prssspublish hir isiforio Sog bu s-siiv ioril gui ro soo ow-lgb bo AroAri hisoy ouhv iprov hs boos srghh vubl sighs boh o Th p-log by h fiv bl iis lirry riis iCoon: Nn hriz hphoo o uriil iig p o bl wos wor s h ig og

    syro o o xps ogs o ; yog who jups ro o is hi gs will bpris or goo ig Th ris ipii h rii p o Wll's Hooss wos frhr li b woro whi fiiss

    Wh bl iiss oo h fis wvo fis h probls ihr i forgigllis wh whi wo r highligh.roily y whi wo, so of whowr h os il wig o h ov

    er the lgge politil skills to ofro hir ow opprssio hrough h wori h isvy ov ui Mizbh y So, Srh Agli Gri l wo ow boiioo slvy hlp riul h fisrsposs o hgs h wo f foh irsig sprio of proio foh ho Tgilly y o hs rlyis rusrs, ilig Ahoy

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    i h g t gin th pprtf thn whit wmn An t w ntnh h fmnit Sntn t rg thtwhit wmn h gin th v tht witprm mintin

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    wmnh. iing th i t rgnizth ptf inhrnt in pting prtinfrm wrking n k wmn whitmi wmn pprt tm thtgv thm rtn mnt f pw n n r t pwr thn whit m- n ppr mn kpt fr hmv.

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    fro h rro of h lynch o lhoughlc n clly fc h o or ofnhn won . ronl frorcnhorn hv loo h pro nrrowlyhy rgu corrcly h h chrg of rp

    gn nnocn lc n w or oufnng wh prcy hn yol,Wh Wonhoo h rcn wor yMry Frnc rry n ohn lngcrflly xpo h l hn h lnc c on c popl who ung n rry gnor ohr ponvr ngl v who co uchclor o unnng h "yh of h crp rgu h yh rnghn no onlywh hgony u lo wh n conrol

    ovr wh won o ppor h poon,h quo Mry lr, on of h lcwon lr of h nynchng Cru-r

    Economic dependence, contacts with none

    sae "polte rened womanly pusuitsmenta actviies n no othe eld than home

    life - all these malempoed estctions haebone moe healy pon women n the Sohand hae een mantaned moe gidly

    han any ohe pa of the Coty.

    n hor h yh h "Wh Wonhoon fnng hlp o ccucr hrn n whch wh won cou opr

    v o n h fcon of h olwh won wh h vry r rp uffry lc won. Sxul ul on lcwon prpr y wh n connu nh pollu pro f lvry h no

    n; wh n nn h rgh opo lc won o ll oowoul gr

    Sexa expotation o lack women ndemned te moale o newy manumed ackpeope Fo it semed to them that theycold not change negate mages o lacwomanhood they would nee e ale to pltthe ace as a whole Maed o single, child o

    woman he ac female was a likely tage o

    whte mae apst

    oh Hoo n v hol hv h h rrr of wh n prvlg h po

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    omet as had sch a egative impact tat

    may black emists have focsed o ts iter

    actio with race ad sex. Most pblshed backfemiists grew p i or srouded by workig-

    cass famiies Becase of ther commitmet to

    back beraio these wome have OI forgot-

    te hei ess prvieged sistes Ahogh they

    sae with may whte femists a heahy cr-

    tqe of the smpstic Marxia aaysis that

    cocetraes soey o cas ad capitaism

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    ota-ecoo syss of capasm and

    pais as we as paahy. W a

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    ogand fo cocv bn of hos

    who o h wok an cae e producs ad

    no for bf of Ihe bosses"

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    Bonni onton Di in c C ndGnd opct fo n Anci Sitood ppoc tmtic t oppi foc in ck womn' Atog wod g wit t womn in t Com

    Cocti tt t t tm ffct ck womn imno, ntic pt c nd nd c tomint w t p womn iog td of ck ood woki focd mcndd ttntion on ton jo tt mot ck womn fondi to tm dng t ft f of ttwntit cnt Tk ot pop wo kptGn oto nning! Not on did t fmn wit mn womn, nd cidn fom

    t ddg of owok t o gmn wt mn n iion of ptic compt wit id womn nd cdn. n tmid comind ti dnd wg witmn ow nd oftn podic nng in odto n t ck commnit to i tpmnnt dpion it fcd

    ood wok inii in motfmint tt t w inii n tood tm mn toi to

    t of ti tp oppon cnt, n domtic wok now in nt nttind m wit ck mocd t ot wok pinc n t Sot nd oc pod ndd wit don n omd tim And mm m mo ting m ow wkd om t mi in id t tn t ongt t wokdpt t potttion of mpo,c of pio pinc wit mnt on tt jo

    Di point ot tt ck womn w concnttd in ood wok c t wpoo ck nd fm. i pot imitdti conomic oc nd dcton oppotniti Ti c nowd ti mpomnt option to t icing fnction ttgw ot of ti o in i gndgtd tm to ood wok in ocitw t diiion of o gndwomn mot domtic co Sinc t '

    mot ck womn cpd oodwok t fw cpd to tt if Nowti c c nd gnd comn to kpmn in t gowing ndc dpndnt on

    tt tt itt fo tm. contmpo ck fmi o ci

    concnd ttntion fom ck fmintz C mm of itn ckfminit momnt idntid cnt

    contdcton tt mk t tk of ckfminit dffct.

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    oo ck fmi in it tct n dp contdiction Ttmnt of t fmi ding fomp cn iwd ot n ct of dfinc n intittion w ctind focf ctd ti own pc nd nct of ccommodtion ( n ntittion ttond AfoAmcn to t tmitoc t ck fmi contind nn mont of qit

    dmonttd womn' iit to contot conomic if Bt im gn nont cogning on t poiti pct oft ck fmi nd ignoing t pow imnc tt fo mn ntifminit n to citciz fminit ntickOt did t ck fm iffminim n td Nmo tdi n ndtkn to pict t tni ppot ntwok d in t ck tnddfmi wi t nq ditition of pow

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    Byron/Ms c 99 Mlem fCiy o Nw Yok

    and enmi depressin Unrtnate akwmen ntine 0 pa the heaviest t rkeeping this sheer gether

    eh ihiesh has emerged as a pwer ak eminist vie speaking t aganstdmesti viene. hair he Wmen r Task e the atina atin

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    mmny mmn wa n a uy

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    et ihiesh et trapped the ea thatthe hird Wrd mmnities wd ase he

    disat i she spke t aganst ateringand sea ase n a mmnt nder seigerm aia and enmi ppressin Sheevena nd her ve t prtes dmesi

    viene giving the wmen amng whm shewrked the spae t ng t sses that wereimprtant t them he prem dmestiviene natra emeged dring this pessand served as it has r man ak wmen asa path in eminist nsisness

    Rhiesh has dne s a sevie e-psing the aaies in the anasis eed attered inrit Wmen, r W ased inNew rk ng with sister ganiatins nstn Ls ngees, etrt and AtanaW expses he impat aism n theak ami t denies the reait seismwthin he ak mmnit m thispespetive ak wmen d the entire m-mnit a servie reeiving rega whipp-

    ings in rder t aeviate ak mens sessArding the are pd he high ate nwhih wmen etrn t their sae hmeshe perniisness sh an asrd argmentmng rm ak wmen makes me shddere it ea istates the waan anass thatses n rasm t the esin an nde-sanding sexism an add t the rdens thatak wmen ae s ihiesh wdmaintain, the wmen in W have eme

    trapped n a ase at t ae tat stgges the reedm ak pepe saiiak wmen.

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    wn o h nc nnng ock mohng g. Y w mnm gg wh h mm w ok h on h ho n on-hp A o Joph o gh pon o

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    k mn v on how o

    wh h m oph g h kwomn m n phooph h n pon jon, o lon omn o h cm n nk womn n mn ogh Whn hk n commn howv, h owhh o non n mp o nzk mn o h m ho conh Comh Rv Cocv hnnon o wh pogv ck mnZm k womn ov n Snno o oow n h no-on o Tp Rnkng A Cc/ icesn Rci nd Cs in th bn C-/Y:

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    u ou bs o oms o ism s soi wo k o su

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    m knowg o hm k mn o h m hm off nm o k womn Ann (ponm c n nnv wn o v o h m von o h o no n m. Wh no nng h cm n h mn n - ommn k ln p gvpo o h gg gn m Un An Conw J v h h po n o com on om womnwho h n v hogh h mo o h n vn. Sch poon mvoc om h of c n op-pon Y Conw pn n h kcommn h h o jc n nwh k mn H of ggng whh oon h mm fom ng n n wh n ck commn o-

    n pow h vo h pkwh ho o ong n

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    ck commn ck mn gn om h onhp o womn Un w nfoc o k ommn o po womnom v mn o k m o h o c n oppon ck

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    exim w nne et he pteia we et exim hep rippe the eire mmnitman wmen are t ire r t hrt t trnher attenin etive anirait atinn et we m I agree with the Cmahee

    Rver Cetive that "We mt] trgge t-gether with Bak men againt ram, whie wea rgge with Bak men at exim

    Nnethee ak eian eparatt, angwih ther ak eian have nitentphe ak eminit t aknwege the ex-itene an aternative t heterexa lie-te Sme eminit, h a Be k anngea avi have ree t take ak e-ianim eri engh t inrprate an n-

    ertaning hetereim int their anaiGiven the majr ntritin ak eiant eminim a a whe thi enia repreentan njtiiae an an trage nenee mh the et ak eminit writingha me rm the pen ak eian Bpen rejete heerexa prviege the

    Enmc 97 Ruth Behard.

    have enarge r vin the prn n-rain in whte an ak iet eianh a Barara Smih an re re haveaere themeve re in ie hat a-et ak wmen an men an wmen ever

    r an a ak eian have phe r regni-

    tin the have earhe r a eenitnthat renze ther nqene rm theexperiene hare wth ther Reent heak terar riti in ndn: Nne evenwnere i the h aept the ae e-ian a wr me et might nt aeqatever he ak eperiene t the enter thiearh i the knwege that rae an a n-

    tervene t hape th the ak eian e-image an the p harateratin Bakwmen egin ie a a gi int theirrae an ten a eiin ive pena a ean hreaten wmen with the what prtetn the ak mmni aer n her rtin t me G: A

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    B Fin Anh, rr Smith rids piry grhi dsritin whtit mns t n t sin nd thwrth f k mn wh f thrtnd yindndnt k wmn Prtry nw s

    nsrti k hhs nd sm ntn-ists ndmn hmsxity s thrt thry xistn f th k mmnity ksins ftn nfrd istin Thssins wh tk sinr intrst in kirtn f th nfir tsk trying t ryty And yt sm f s r ry rw rfs t dny r sinism rminism nd r knss

    rm th strggs ginst th nrs

    frs th iming n s kfminism hs mrgd t rmt h ftnngtd intrsts f k wmn t sr-risingy th qity r thrti ndti nysis ris tr w r think-ing d xhnng ids nd grng frstins Yt th si nditn f r mr-ginity hs md s prtiry rtit th wy rssi frs ntrt in thissity h qstins w s in r qst frndrstnding th hngs w ris in rngr sh t th frntirs f knwdg thw f s rmin rssd. k wmndn sn sm hrd tims nd w gt mnystris t t.

    "rren Mogn

    Paraphra fom the marveous ttle, A ie women Wle A he en o Block, BUI Some 0/ Us re Be

    OOOE

    Natioali s no nheently aniwoma The Garveymovement of e 192 onnd much pace fo autonomousfemale activiy Whe uch o the phloophy behd s

    autOnoy wa bse o aditoa Wese otion o aappopiae feae pe woe noethees nueedthe oveens diretio Mot viible aog te powerflfeae eade was Ay aque Garvey who efetvelyran the United Nego Ipoeent Asoiation duinMau Gaveys ipionen She coninued a an ipoat fore in amaican politics until er death i te eaIy 197

    2 Fran eale Slae of a Save No Moe lakWomen in ggl, 8k o}r 6 No 6 {Marh 1975, pp.-3. Toni Cade, T Back Woman New o: Signet 19704. Lorrae tel, Wat Chou Ma We Whie GilConO Ph'e o 2 (tn 979) p 8692

    5. Gloa . Joep ad il ewis COon D/mres.Gadn City ew Yok oubleday 1981.6 arara Smth ed HQm Gr: Bck Fen nIQQRv ew ork Kthe Tabe: Women of Coo Pre1983. Cheryl arke ewelle Goez, Evelynn ammond,onie ohns and nda Powell "Conversation andQuetion lak Wome o Black Women Wites, Cono1 ' J No. J Spin 983 pp 88178 Jeane Nobe B(If o Mvc y OCk W ca,

    lewoo lffs N PenieHal 989 ell Hooks '( I a WOn ok n anen BotOn Sot nd Pe 981.

    10 ela avi eetions o Bla Woen Role nthe Comunity of Sav, 8k u 3 no 1971.1 1 Agela Davis Women R and C New orkRandom, 198312 bid" p 1813. Herbert Guan e ock Poiy n Sow ondo Nw York Vitae Book 19771. Hariet B SOwe n TO 'Cbn ew or: Ma

    ila, 196215 Davis WOen ae od fo p 16 Hoos n a WOn pp 145 and 17 Hooks's argument that white woe did nOt labo inthe field gosly underetimates the ube of poor faig failie that eiter had no lave or woked alogdethei thr or four sav e ooks pepetuates the

    romanticid viion of a South with any are plantatios,lazy aistat, nd numerous housseva18 Hook Ant Womn p 01 19 p. 992 Mihele Wallae ock Macho {h Mylh eperWoan ew or: a Press 1978

    2 Roalyn erborgPen, Driatio Against AoAerican Women n the Women' Movement Saoarley and Rosalyn TebogPen, he romenWn New ok enit Pss 1978

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    2 John Blssingam a Mary Brry, Long Memo: TheBlak xeriene in Ameria, w York Ofor nirsiy Ps 82_23. Qo in ais, Women R and C 162 oos, A in 'I a Womn_ 5625. Comah Ri Collv Bak Fmnis Sa

    mn," Chi Moraa an loria nzalua This ridgeCaed My ck Wings y aic WOn of Coor.

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    LABOR CONROROUG SMALL GROUPSJ apanese Labor Today

    Thejolowing article, by Japanese pos/al-union activist, is reprinted (with editing) fromthe English-language publication Rank and Fie. which he publishes in Tokyo. In his articlethe author describes the use ojmanagement-dominated " small groups as way 0exertinggreater ontrol over workers Heseeks relate this labor-relations technique to he writingsof Frederick Winslow Taylor, Elton Mayo, and other Weste pioneers of managementsiene

    The author wants ontact and communication ih North American labor activists He

    can be written co Ran an ile Zentei TokyoOmori Branh, Sann, OakuToko, Japan

    The article is folowed b a commentary by Radical America associate edior MartnGaberman, a longtime Detroit auto worker who has written extensiel about sues 0workplace control

    "Scenifc management was an eary ntative to reoanze he wokplace FrederickTayor ecommended tha management reoanze he wok ace on te bass of tree pncples: (1) to seect te es man o e jo; (2 to insruct m n e mos efcientmehods te most economcal movemens to emoy in s wok 3 to ive incenves in

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    12:-125 lunh break1245220 work

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    sets

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    OF AUONOMY ANNCLUSONNineteenth Century Feminism, Britis

    Utopians and Amercan Socialists

    V AD TH W JERUSALEM: Socialim and Femm he 19h etuy by Barbara Tayor.

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    Nntnt cnty fn a n n ptayd a a gn ntcpd y pta dd-ca ad ng y t gan f tprgat t nk nyd at tan cangng t nt yt x- andcaad pgat w rcn k y nt tran Baaa ay andMar J B g a t dcdt c a w A Baaa ay nt n Ev an h NwJusalm radtna cat nnc pn t nnrtnary caact nt ptc a rtd pn a y parta ndtandng f wn' y ay'accnt f Bri Own ra a fn anay nrtrd y radn f wrngca radca w Ma J B Wmn an Amran Siam dc tgnc a ca n wn an atn and agy dd-carcan wn n

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    Own wa a ppa and argy wng-ca nt Dng t fit pa828-3 Owntnncd tad nn fcd n t a agtatn and fatn wrkwnd p actng a t t wng n a wd prg ar lacytr clap f r ad a r gnra da ar Own wa

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    reorganed as a membersh organaondevoed o roselyng and he ondng oooerave ommnes B he movemen'swo hases were uned aylor argues, by heonned worknglass omoson o smembersh and by s essen bele hamora and syhologal ransormaon as wellas nsuonal hange were neessary o brngabou he end o he omeve sysem andhe buldng o he New oal World

    Wha aylor domens n asnang deals ha a ommmen o gende eqaly and ohe ransormaon o relaons beween hesees was enral o hs vson nke heMarxs soalsm ha ollowed Owensm

    was more han a rque o he relaons o o-duon aher was a wde less rse,ndmen o all orms o soal oresson,whh wee uned n hree muay re-enorng nsuons: elgon, marrage andrvae roery elon worked o romoesuerson and a bele n human n-dvdualsm ayng he bass or he om-eve sysem By makng ndvdual wealhhe ass o soal ower, rvae oery

    nrodued aqusveness no all human rea-onshs arrage ovded he emoonalbass o suh omeveness by onverngwomen no masulne roery and byesablshng he nulear amy, whh ro-moed soal dsny hogh s oganaono boh senmen and maeal e aroundsmal and nwadookng gous

    he ooeave ommunes envsoned byOwen were o dea wh hese nsuons byabolshng hem hrough he olevaon oboh wok and soial le. Alhough Owenesaso suoed wha hey saw as reormsdemands or vl maage dvore, and eduaonal oone or women, hey sressedha ony he ooeave ommunes oudesablsh he maeial base needed or rueemnne emanaon, sne only hen wouldwomen ease o be deenden uon men orher lvelhood

    he reeon o he nulear amy dd no

    resu n he ransormaon o Owensm no asexualy egaaran movemen, nor dd ro-moe he orgaaon o women as anauonomos oe he Owenes dd no, or

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    examle, sueed n geng alors o nudewomen n her srugges agans emloyersThe oa branhes rodued a meannglemale eadersh n only a ew areas And he

    ooerave ommnes wee eseallydemoalng o women I had been assmedha he eenes o olleve housekeengwold by hemselves allow women o ake onaddonal work n he elds and workshos.Bu he alure o queson he adonal sexualdvson o abor, ombned h grossly nade-quae unds and ales mean ha womenworked longer hours han men and harder hann her reoeve days

    Ye wensm learly onaned a heory o

    male suremay and emnne suugaonhs was mos onedly develoed by heOwenes Wlam homson and AnnaWheeler hey deed rom Owen n loanghe barers o soal hange less n he sel-enered haaer o he nuear amly andmoe n he ower o he husband/aher aower whh made o he amly "a enre oabsoue desosm, where nellgene andersuason ae que suerluous o hm who

    has only o ommand o be obeyed n herormulaon was he relaon o maledomnane and emae subordnaon whhrovded he bas model o soal neqalyand lad he syhosexa bass or he ne-naaon o herarhal vaues rom heseenres n he mds o whh al manknd arenow raned sreads he onagon oselshness and he love o domnaon hroughal hman ransaons . )

    he emns mlaons o Owensm ouldeasly have been gnored or reudaed by hegrowng movemen. Bu hey were noOwensm rovded, no a onsensus a unqesoa sae whn whh gender ssues ould beoeny and egmaey dsussed Taylo'sresearh reveas or eame, asnang derenes beween men and women on sses omarrage and se reorm en ended o an unal elebraon o sexual reedom, releewh hydral and aeronaa meahors

    "he dammed and enu sream ha brsss banks he eage . . o he a, soarng wxheaven and earh e.. Women moe soberlywarned agans he remaue abandonmen o

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    aiional nos in a soie whee heieonoi epenene a poliial uneeosil le he ulneabe o seual eploiaion

    onoi ieenes wee ofen aie in heWens Page o he Owenie pape TePinee whee eaes' lees eeale heenoous ensions el en an woen inhe oesi aes as apialis eoganizaionpie he agains eah ohe Hee again wehea people speaking o heseles in wone-

    ul eal as he ailo ons agues hanl la gossiping unen wies wolonsie leaving hei hoes o aen unioneeings whie an ang ailoess espons bhaging ha he en wih hei elusionaaies ae as a as hei ases Asawas Tao oes an eelen jo of painghe ebae in onex eplaining he poliialeono o he eining aes an is i-feenia effes pon en an woen aswokes an fail ebes The inflene oOwenie feinis ieas is os sikingl eea-e in he oens of Te Pnee eioaes oison, a oe onean painean union aiis oison oes no sipl

    ean eual pa an aission o woen onions. He efens hose woen wokes whowee neuing he pie o asline lao(in soe ases aing as sike beakes baging ha "he low wages of woen ae noso uh he olna pie she ses upon heabou as he pie whih is ie he an-nia inuene o ale supea

    Duing is seon phase Owenis oninueo ofe a plao fo he epession o

    einis ieas A a ie when ew woenspoke in publi Owenie leues like aain an agae Chappelsih weeaing insuls wih leial opponens befoelage an aous auienes in siking on-as o he aiions o he Aeian feinisoeen Despie he asene of a ealeleaeship in all u a few aeas, Owenis wasieeniae fo onepoa oeenslike Chais b he egee o sexua inega-

    ion an einine paiipaion whih wasahiee a he loal ee whee woenpia oe an whee en an woen in-e an soialie ogehe a a ie when sexalsepaaion was he no os ineesing

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    the creton o the Owente Socl nstttons s pces or meetngs nd socl c-tvtes ws motvted by conscos ntent toreove poltc le nd dscorse rom themledomnted pb settngs o tdtonlrdcls Ths senstvty to the poltclmenng o the socl settng s mor ctorwhch dstngshes Owen sm ro tersoclst movemnts

    Aecn hstory n both the nneteenh ndtwenteth centres sggests tht enstpoltcs cn ony coe ro womenstonoos selorgnzton (nd responsesto t Does the eple o Owens cl ths nto qeston e ler soclsms Owen sm dd

    not denty women s hvng nype roe nther own emncpton Nor dd t crete or encorge ndependent ognton ongwoen On the other hnd t dd not tteptto deny conlcts o nterest between men ndwomen or mmedtey to sbordnte the tothe sse o clss Indeed s we hve seen theOwente press oered the oveent n nstttonlzed orm whch ws spportve o t-tepts y women to rtclte ther specl n

    terests nd concens even when these conlcted drecty wth the vews o ther mlecomrdes We cn only wonder whetherOwens hd t svved more thn ts twentyve yers wold hve been ble to prodce ndtolerte n ctl mens memen orwhether t cold hve progressed the n tsttempts to rethn nd reorgnze the bses orntegrted e nd emle prtcpton

    n ts ocs on Amercn soclst hstoryM o Bhles Wmen nd men

    Community members dinn, O cmmni

    lm dels wth poltcl moveentlr o mny o s e le BrbrTylor Bhle revels lrgely orgotten ce osocst hstory, n ths cse the legcy oenst ctvs beoe nd ter the or-ton o the Soclst rty. She descrbes thevery derent bt more mr poltcl stton n whch clss nd genderbsedmoveents re orgnzed ndependently ndrond derent prncples, nd ths ce theqeston o wht ther reltonshp cn ndshold be n the cse o the Unted Sttes, theSoclst rty ced woens moveent thws yers older nd ny thosnds lrerthn ny Amercn soclst movement

    Fonded n 1901 the Soclst Pyrepresented precros llnce between twovery derent sectors o Amecn socety Im-mgrnt nd rstgeneton socsts n-tned n ethnc dentty nd vson o soclsgronded n Eropen models tve bornAmercns, bsed n the smller towns o theWest nd Mdwest cme to soclsm v thetrdtons o Aercn poplr rdcsmEch o these mles prodced ts own pr

    tclr orm o prtcpton or women ndBhe hs done mzng wor n reconstrctngthe ctvtes ledershp nd centrl sseschrcterstc o ech

    Aong mmgrnt grops womens nvolve-ent occrred prmrly n wht Bhe clls the rternl sector where women were responsbe o the networ o socl recreton ndsevce ctvtes whch gve the movementmch o ts cohesveness nd commnl sprtSch ctvtes were dened by the movements lry nvolvng s hey dd he cre-ton o soc spport systes n whch woenessentlly cted ot ther cstomry ndcstomrly devled mly roles whle theen occped themselves wth the relpoltcl wor o bldng socls hestrdtonl prty wves were lrgely ecldedrom consderton s seros poltcl ctors.Bt Bhe emphszes tht they provded n n-stttonl nstrctre whch ws crc to

    the oveents svvl s wel s prodcngsevel notbe women eders who were com-mtted to the poltcton o women's roles

    n dstnct contst to ths the soclst move

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    m o Amrabor wom mgd omh oal o o a ddwom' mom Buh dmoa hamo o h wom udrood hr oalblf a h dr oqu of hr arlr

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    tdtn th uxl nd th ndndnt

    l wmn ub, h whch hdmd tht wmn t tvt wldu n xggtd tn.

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