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Problems of Women’s Liberation - Softcover

Evelyn Reed

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Synopsis

Six articles explore the social and economic roots of women’s oppression from prehistoric society to modern capitalism and point the road forward to emancipation.

Also available in Arabic (ISBN: 9786148041105 ), Farsi (ISBN:9789649225180 ), Greek (ISBN:9789608550575 )

“Still timely 40 years after its original publication, Reed's book examines the economic and social roots of women's oppression from earliest times to the contemporary capitalist world.” —Book News

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About the Author

Evelyn Reed (1905–1979) joined the communist movement in 1940 and remained a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party until her death. An active participant in the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s and 1970s, she was a founding member of the Women’s National Abortion Action Coalition and spoke on women’s rights in cities around the world. She is the author of many works on the origins of the oppression of women and the fight for their emancipation. These include Woman’s Evolution (1975), which has been translated into six languages. Other works include:

Cosmetics, Fashions, and the Exploitation of Women (1986, coauthor)
Is Biology Woman’s Destiny? (1985)
Sexism and Science (1978)
Problems of Women’s Liberation (1969)

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