In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution (55 page)

14
Paper on consciousness raising: Carol Hanisch, “The Personal Is Political,”
Notes from the Second Year
.

15
Mehrhof and Cronan: Author’s interview with Barbara Mehrhof, New York, Sept. 11, 1994; author’s interview with Sheila Cronan, Washington by phone, March 12, 1995.

16
Pam Kearon’s paper: Pamela Kearon, “Man-Hating,”
Notes from the Second Year
.

17
Judy Gabree’s paper: J. Thibeau, “Proposal for NY Radical Women Coordinating Structure” (mimeo), files of Barbara Mehrhof.

18
WITCH history: Author’s interview with Rosalyn Baxandall, New York, Oct. 10, 1994; Morgan.

19
No More Fun and Games:
Author’s interview with Roxanne Dunbar, San Jose, Calif., by phone, Dec. 8, 1994; author’s interview with Dana Densmore, Santa Fe, N.M., by phone, March 29, 1995; Densmore, “On Celibacy,” first issue (undated) in author’s possession, and in Leslie B. Tanner, ed.,
Voices from Women’s Liberation
(New York: Signet, 1970).

20
Weisstein paper: Naomi Weisstein transcript (mimeo), Nov. 1987, for Peg Strobel, in author’s possession; Weisstein, “Kinder, Kuche, Kirche As Scientific Law: Psychology Constructs the Female” in Morgan, ed.,
Sisterhood Is Powerful
(New York: Vintage, 1970).

21
Marilyn Webb’s plans: Author’s interview with Marilyn Webb, New York, Oct. 23, 1994.

22
Helen Kritzler went to Boston: Author’s interview with Helen Kritzler, New York, May 24, 1995. 52 “Abby had graduated”: Dunbar.

23
Chicago conference: Webb; Koedt; Ceballos; Sarachild; Hanisch; Baxandall; Mehrhof; Peslikis; Densmore; author’s interview with Charlotte Bunch, New York, March 16, 1997; author’s interview with Nancy Hawley, Cambridge, Mass., by phone, May 19, 1995; author’s interview with Jo Freeman, Brooklyn, Oct. 14, 1994; documents (mimeo) in files of Webb, Mehrhof, Koedt.55

24
Counter-Inaugural in Washington: Webb; Mehrhof; Cronan; Morgan; author’s interview with Margaret Polatnik, San Jose, Calif., by phone, Jan. 22, 1995; author’s interview with Ellen Willis, New York, Oct. 24, 1994; Ellen Willis, “Up from Radicalism: A Feminist Journal” in
US
, 1969 (copy in author’s possession).

3. Which Way Is Utopia?

1
Jo Freeman was the odd woman out: Author’s interview with Jo Freeman, Brooklyn, Oct. 14, 1994; Joreen, “The Tyranny of Structurelessness” in Koedt, Levine, Rapone, eds.,
Radical Feminism
(New York: Quadrangle, 1973); Joreen, “Trashing” in
Ms.
, April 1976.

2
Naomi Weisstein believed: Author’s interview with Naomi Weisstein, New York by phone, Sept. 16, 1996.

3
Chicago Women’s Liberation Union: Margaret Strobel, “Organizational Learning in the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union” in Ferree and Martin, eds.,
Feminist Organizations
(Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995); Margaret Strobel, “Consciousness and Action: Historical Agency in the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union” in Judith Kegan Gardiner, ed.,
Provoking Agents: Theorizing Gender and Agency
(Urbana, Il.: University of Illinois Press, 1995).

4
Naomi conducted training sessions: documents (mimeo) in author’s possession.

5
“The motivation was not to stop”: Author’s interview with Ellen DuBois, Los Angeles by phone, Sept. 18, 1996.

6
“We were all desperately ambitious”: Weisstein.

7
Boston’s Cell 16: Author’s interview with Roxanne Dunbar, San Jose, Calif., by phone, Dec. 8, 1994; author’s interview with Dana Densmore, Santa Fe, N.M., by phone, March 29, 1995.

8
Emmanuel College: Dunbar; author’s interview with Nancy Hawley, Cambridge by phone, May 19, 1995.

9
First Congress, haircutting: Dunbar.

10
“People were sobbing”: Author’s interview with Ivy Bottini, Los Angeles by phone, April 1, 1997.

11
Diverted the crew’s attention: Bottini; Rita Mae Brown,
Rita Will
(New York: Bantam, 1997) mentions incident on p. 236 but places it erroneously at the Second Congress.

12
“The theft”: Marlene Sanders and Marcia Rock,
Waiting for Prime Time
(New York: Harper Perennial, 1990) p. 118.

13
“To her credit”: Densmore.

14
Dogs and cats: Densmore.

15
Group was relieved: Author’s interview with Betsy Warrior, Cambridge by phone, July 12, 1998.

16
Founding and naming of Redstockings: Author’s interview with Barbara Mehrhof, New York, Sept. 11, 1994; Author’s interview with Ellen Willis, New York, Oct. 24, 1994.

17
Redstockings abortion work: See Source Notes for Chapter 5.

18
Fights over equality: Mehrhof; author’s interview with Sheila Cronan, Washington by phone, March 12, 1995; Mehrhof’s history of Redstockings (typed) in files of Barbara Mehrhof.

19
“We got together”: Cronan.

20
“Kathie was very nervous”: Author’s interview with Irene Peslikis, New York, Sept. 23, 1994.

21
“Shulie would never”: Mehrhof.

22
Ellen Willis took off: Willis.

23
“Sending literature”: Peslikis.

24
Cofounder Anne Koedt on FEMINISTS: Author’s interview with Anne Koedt, New York, Jan. 24, 1995.

25
Class Workshop joins FEMINISTS: Mehrhof; Cronan.

26
“Ti-Grace’s philosophy”: Cronan.

27
Rules of THE FEMINISTS: Susan Brownmiller, “Sisterhood Is Powerful,”
New York Times Magazine
, March 15, 1970.

28
One of their tasks: Mehrhof.

28
Feldman’s performance: Mehrhof.

30
Pam Kearon found a way: Cronan.

31
FEMINISTS’ papers: files of Barbara Mehrhof.

32
Resolution directed at Ti-Grace: “Declaration of THE FEMINISTS” (mimeo), April 22, 1970, files of Barbara Mehrhof.

33
Truth squads: Author’s interview with Rosalyn Baxandall, New York, Oct. 10, 1994; Author’s interview with Robin Morgan, New York, Sept. 22, 1994; Peslikis.

34
Origins of anthology: Morgan.

35
Friedan’s stormy marriage, Plaza sit-in, and “lesbian conspiracy”: Author’s interview with Dolores Alexander, New York, Oct. 18, 1994; Bottini; Marcia Cohen,
The Sisterhood
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1988) pp. 266–269, pp. 271–272; Judith Hennessee,
Betty Friedan
(New York: Random House, 1999, pp. 121–134).

36
Rita Mae Brown: Brown,
Rita Will
; author’s interview with Jacqui Ceballos, New York, Dec. 7, 1994; Alexander; Bottini.

37
“The Redstockings didn’t think”: Rita Mae Brown, “Reflections of a Lavender Menace,” Ms., July/Aug. 1995

38
“Yes, Rita Mae was with us”: Author’s interview with Kathie Amatniek Sarachild, Jan. 2, 1995.

39
“There was such an assumption”: Willis.

40
Martha Shelley: Author’s interview with Martha Shelley, Oakland by phone, Feb. 2, 1997.

41
Origins of D.O.B.: Author’s interview with Del Martin, San Francisco by phone, March 2, 1998.

42
Stonewall: Donn Teal,
The Gay Militants
(New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995).

43
Lesbians in Gay Liberation Front: Shelley; author’s interview with Artemis March, Boston by phone, March 30, 1997; author’s interview with Ellen Shumsky, New York, March 24, 1997. See also Karla Jay,
Tales of the Lavender Menace
(New York: Basic Books, 1999).

44
Founding of
off our backs:
Author’s interview with Marilyn Webb, New York, Oct. 23, 1994. See also Carol Anne Douglas and Fran Moira, “off our backs: The First Decade” and Marilyn Webb, “off our backs and the Feminist Dream” in Ken Wachsberger, ed.,
Voices from the Underground
(Tempe, Ariz.: Mica’s Press, 1993).

45
Founding of
RAT
: Morgan; author’s interview with Jane Alpert, New York, Oct. 12, 1994; Jane Alpert,
Growing Up Underground
(New York: Morrow, 1981).

46
Contents of inaugural issue:
Rat
, Feb. 9–23, 1970.

47
Several other papers: Newspapers in author’s possession. Author’s interviews with Barbara Winslow; Ann Forfreedom; Laura X; Author’s interview with Donna Allen, Washington by phone, May 21, 1995.

48
local feminist publications: Donna Allen.

49
Formation of New York Radical Feminists: see Anne Koedt, “Politics of the Ego: A Manifesto for N.Y. Radical Feminists” in
Notes from the Second Year
; also in Koedt, Levine, Rapone, eds.,
Radical Feminism
(New York: Quadrangle, 1973).

50
At its height NYRF had 400 members: Membership lists in author’s possession.

51
Spread of consciousness-raising: Mallory Rome, “Collective Wisdom and Collective Strength: Consciousness-Raising and Second-Wave Feminism” (unpublished paper, 1996), in author’s possession.

4. Confrontation

1
Furor at the
New York Post:
Author’s interview with Lindsy Van Gelder, Miami by phone, Dec. 24, 1994; author’s interview with Bryna Taubman, New York, June 13, 1996.

2
“The guys may not have understood”: Taubman.

3
Which magazine and what action: To tell the story of Media Women and the
Ladies’ Home Journal
sit-in, I have relied on my files augmented by interviews with Signe Hammer, Karla Jay, Sally Kempton, Michela Griffo, and Rosalyn Baxandall.

4
Article suggestions: (mimeo) in author’s possession.

5
Journal
statistics:
Ladies’ Home Journal
fact sheet prepared by Sandie North (mimeo) in author’s possession.

6
“We demand”: (mimeo) in author’s possession.

7
Marlene thrust her microphone forward: sit-in film by Janet Gardiner (1970) in Gardiner’s possession.

8
“Shulie, egged on by Ti-Grace”: see
Newsweek
, March 30, 1970, p. 61; Karla Jay,
Tales of the Lavender Menace
(New York: Basic Books, 1999) p. 118.

9
Ros had seen us wave: Author’s interview with Rosalyn Baxandall, New York, Oct. 10, 1994.