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1970s
Against
Our Will, Men, Women and Rape by Susan Brownmiller (Fawcett
Books, 1993) £12.50.
An analysis of rape which charts the ubiquity of sex crimes in war and
argues that men use rape, and the threat of sexual violence against women
as an instrument of oppression.
Fear of
Flying by Erica Jong (Harper Collins, 1998) £5.99.
Sexual fantasies and adventures explored in this novel which depicted
the archetypal heterosexual liberated woman of the 70s.
I Know
Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Virago Press,
1993) £7.99.
Bestselling opening volume of her compelling autobiography first published
in 1970, which was completed with further books throughout the 1980s and
'90s.
Patriarchal
Attitudes by Eva Figes (Persea Books, 1987). US edition only, $9.95
How and why women are oppressed. First published in 1970, Figes’
theories were an important influence on the British women’s movement’s
politics.
Rubyfruit
Jungle by Rita MaeBrown (Penguin Books, 2001) £5.99.
A funny lesbian-feminist manifesto centred on the strong and virtuous
heroine Molly Bolt.
Sexual
Politics by Kate Millett (Virago Press, 1977) £12.99.
A cornerstone of the decade’s thinking about the relationships between
men and women. Explores sexual theory, psychoanalysis and literature.
The Female
Eunuch by Germaine Greer (Flamingo Modern Classics, 1971) £8.99.
Women should refuse to marry, undertake unpaid work and learn to question
all assumptions about normality. Women are urged to energise themselves
through understanding their sexuality.
The Hite
Report by Shere Hite (Pandora, 1989) £8.99.
The report based on women's own accounts of their experience of sex, which
challenged received wisdoms.
The Sociology
of Housework by Ann Oakley (The pitman Press, 1974) Out of print but
available in libraries.
Oakley interviewed 40 women and concluded that women of all classes had
the same feelings about housework.
The Women’s
Room by Marilyn French (Virago,1997) £7.99.
A feminist blockbuster that reached a huge audience. Mira Ward is a wife
of the 1950s who becomes a liberated woman of the 70s, but endures rape,
madness and loneliness.
Woman
on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy (The Women’s Press, 2000)
£6.99.
Vision of a non-sexist utopia told through the story of Connie Ramos incarcerated
in a mental hospital.
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