BIBLIO is the largest independent book marketplace in the world, with over 100 million books.

Skip to content

Faces of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement
Stock photo: cover may vary

Faces of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement Paperback - 1998

by Sheila Tobias

Add to wish list

In the tradition of Kate Millet's classic work, SEXUAL POLITICS, Sheila Tobias provides an activist's recollection of the women's movement over the past 35 years. Life, and academic, experience enables Tobias to view at once all sides of such issues as sexual preference, pornography, the "Mommy Track", affirmative action, reproductive rights, and the challenges of "equality" versus "difference".

Reader reviews for Faces of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement

From the publisher

As one of the main players in the second wave of feminism, Sheila Tobias returns to Kate Millet's central tenet, ?sexual politics, ? and argues that it can still unite progressive men and women around a common set of goals. Providing a map of a complex terrain, Tobias details ?generations? of issues, each more radical and therefore harder to tackle than the ones before. She sets the story in two contexts: feminism's own evolving strategies and America's political landscape. Even though her passion for feminism remains, she is not unwilling to critique the sisterhood and herself for failing to see, for example, that not every woman would be a feminist nor every man an enemy. In the heady first years, feminists forgot that deeper even than gender is the liberal/conservative divide in American politics.From the origins of the movement through feminist theory and new scholarship on women, Tobias traces the political history of the second wave and its comeuppance at the hands of Phyllis Schafly's StopERA?coincidental with the nation's careering toward the Right. Somehow, feminism survived the 1980s, but by having to fight brush fires throughout the Reagan-Bush presidencies, the movement lost some of its breadth and much of its taste for the mainstream. Because of her activism and her feeling for the period she chronicles, Tobias is at once inside and outside the issues of sexual preference, pornography, the draft, the Mommy Track, comparable worth, affirmative action, reproductive rights, and the challenges of equality versus difference.

First line

THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT HAS CHANGED the way we think about both gender and politics in this country.

Details

  • Title Faces of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement
  • Author Sheila Tobias
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First edition, 5
  • Pages 348
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, New York
  • Publication date 1998-02-13
  • ISBN 9780813328430 / 0813328438
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.87 x 5.87 x 0.93 in (22.53 x 14.91 x 2.36 cm)
  • Reading level 1560
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96040894
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.42

About the author

Sheila Tobias has been an academic and an activist for over twenty-five years. She has participated in many feminist gatherings, from the Congress to Unite Women in 1970 to the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians in 1993, and is a former board member of the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. The author of the best-seller Overcoming Math Anxiety as well as Women, Militarism, and War (with Jean Bethke Elshtain), Tobias now works as a consultant to universities on math and science education, equity issues, and women's studies.

More Copies for Sale

Faces Of Feminism An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement
Stock photo: cover may vary

Faces Of Feminism An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement

by Sheila Tobias

  • Used
  • Very good
  • Paperback
Condition
Very good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780813328430 / 0813328438
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$4.86
A$7.34 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Avalon Publishing. paperback. Very Good. in x in x in.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$4.86
A$7.34 Delivery to USA
Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement (Foundations of Social Inquiry)
Stock photo: cover may vary

Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement (Foundations of Social Inquiry)

by Tobias, Sheila

  • Used
Condition
Used
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780813328430 / 0813328438
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$10.71
A$5.85 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Routledge. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$10.71
A$5.85 Delivery to USA
Faces of Feminism : An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement
Stock photo: cover may vary

Faces of Feminism : An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement

by Tobias, Sheila

  • Used
Condition
Used
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780813328430 / 0813328438
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$11.12
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Taylor & Francis Group. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$11.12
Free Delivery to USA
Faces of Feminism : An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement
Stock photo: cover may vary

Faces of Feminism : An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement

by Tobias, Sheila

  • Used
Condition
Used
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780813328430 / 0813328438
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$11.12
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Taylor & Francis Group. Used - Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$11.12
Free Delivery to USA
Faces of Feminism : An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement

Faces of Feminism : An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement

by Sheila Tobias

  • Used
  • Good
  • Paperback
Condition
Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780813328430 / 0813328438
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$12.44
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Routledge, 1998. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$12.44
Free Delivery to USA
Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement (Foundations of...
Stock photo: cover may vary

Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement (Foundations of Social Inquiry)

by Tobias, Sheila

  • Used
  • Paperback
Condition
Used
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780813328430 / 0813328438
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$15.99
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Routledge, 1998-01-23. paperback. Used: Good. 6.00x0.80x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$15.99
Free Delivery to USA
Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement (Foundations of Social Inquiry)
Stock photo: cover may vary

Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement (Foundations of Social Inquiry)

by Tobias, Sheila

  • Used
  • Good
  • Paperback
Condition
Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780813328430 / 0813328438
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$51.91
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$51.91
Free Delivery to USA
Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement (Foundations of Social Inquiry)
Stock photo: cover may vary

Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement (Foundations of Social Inquiry)

by Tobias, Sheila

  • Used
  • as new
  • Paperback
  • Signed
Condition
New
Edition
5th or later Edition
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780813328430 / 0813328438
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$57.22
A$10.27 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Westview, 1998. 5th or later Edition . Soft cover. As New. (7th) Very large, sturdy softcover, glossy black wrappers, white and brown background to title on front, praise on back wrapper from the San Francisco Review, Gloria Steinem and others, 332 pages. On half-title page in black ink: "May 11, 2015. To Betsy--In Sisterhood and in appreciation for your friendship with Sonia & with me. Sheila." Mint.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$57.22
A$10.27 Delivery to USA
Faces Of Feminism
Stock photo: cover may vary

Faces Of Feminism

by Tobias, Sheila,

  • New
Condition
New
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780813328430 / 0813328438
Quantity available
5
Seller
Item price
A$116.13
A$5.85 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
new.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$116.13
A$5.85 Delivery to USA
Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement (Foundations of...
Stock photo: cover may vary

Faces Of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections On The Women's Movement (Foundations of Social Inquiry)

by Tobias, Sheila

  • New
  • Paperback
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780813328430 / 0813328438
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$122.00
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Routledge, 1998-01-23. paperback. New. 6.00x0.80x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$122.00
Free Delivery to USA