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The origins of women's activism : New York and Boston, 1797-1840 By Anne M. Boylan
Tracing the deep roots of women's activism in America, Anne Boylan explores the flourishing of women's volunteer associations in the decades following the Revolution. She examines the entire spectrum of early nineteenth-century women's groups--Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, African American and white middle and working class--to illuminate the ways in which race, religion, and class could bring women together in pursuit of common goals or drive them apart.
Elizabeth Bouvier collection of radical and leftist posters
Pictured: International Women’s Day poster, Toronto, Ontario, 1978.
This poster comes from the collection of Elizabeth (Libby) Bouvier, a local feminist activist who co-founded the Cambridge Women’s Center and has served as a long-time board member with The History Project.
Ida B. Wells: A Passion For Justice: The Pioneering African American Journalist & Activist
Directed by William Greaves (1989)
(54 minutes)
IDA B. WELLS: A PASSION FOR JUSTICE documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison reads selections from Wells' memoirs and other writings in this winner of more than 20 film festival awards.
Judith Smith collection of socialist feminist publications
Pictured: A selection of publications on feminism and women’s rights, 1971-1981.
These publications were collected by Judith Smith, a faculty member at UMass Boston whose activism has included working with the Somerville Women’s Health Project and the Boston Women’s Union.
The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen: An African American Artist and Activist
Directed by Jennifer Abod (2016)
(1hr 14min)
Award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Abod provides a window into the life of Angela Bowen, a woman who grew up in inner city Boston during the Jim Crow era and went on to become a classical ballerina, legendary dance teacher, black lesbian feminist activist organizer, writer and professor.
Dr. Harriot Kezia Hunt : nineteenth-century physician and woman's rights advocate
By Myra C. Glenn
In this first comprehensive, full-length biography of Hunt, Myra C. Glenn shows how this single woman from a working-class Boston home became a successful physician and noted reformer, illuminating the struggle for woman's rights and the fractious and gendered nature of medicine in antebellum America.
Theresa India-Young papers
Pictured: Theresa-India Young at Harriet Tubman Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, 1989.
Theresa-India Young was a fiber artist and teacher who advocated for multiculturalism and diversity in education, with a particular focus on preserving African and Native American traditions.
Women's March: Women Protesting for Democracy and Human Rights
Directed by Mischa Hedges (2017)
(30 minutes)
Shot on location in five U.S. cities, WOMEN'S MARCH is a story about democracy, human rights, and what it means to stand up for your values in today's America. On January 21, 2017, hundreds of thousands of women marched on Washington, D.C. That same day, hundreds of sister marches took place nationally and globally to become the largest one-day protest in American history.
Filmed on location in Boston, San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa, and Washington, D.C.
E-Titles available for online reading
All Our Trials: Prisons, Policing, and the Feminist Fight to End Violence
By Emily Thuma
A Black women's history of the United States
By Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
The boundaries of her body : the troubling history of women's rights in America
By Debran Rowland
How we get free : black feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Edited and introduced by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Sisters in the struggle : African American women in the civil rights-black power movement
Edited by Bettye Collier-Thomas and V.P. Franklin
Their right to speak women's activism in the Indian and slave debates
By Alisse Portnoy
The trouble between us : an uneasy history of white and Black women in the feminist movement
By Winifred Breines
Want to start a revolution? Radical women in the Black freedom struggle
Edited by Dayo F. Gore, Jeanne Theoharis, and Komozi Woodard
Witches, midwives & nurses a history of women healers
By Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English
The opportunity trap : high-skilled workers, Indian families, and the failures of the dependent visa program
By Pallavi Banerjee
Women and Social Movements, International - 1840 to Present
Edited by Thomas Dublin and Kathryn Sklar
"Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, this collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life. "
Videos on demand
Palestinian Women: A Guide to Cultural Resistance
Directed by Mariette Auvray (2020)
(54 minutes)
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Selections curated from Healey Library's collection by J Troy & Ann Marie Shafer 2024
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