In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution (58 page)

24
Inez Garcia: Jim Wood,
The Rape of Inez Garcia
(New York: Putnam, 1976); author’s interview with Shoshana (Susan) Rothaizer, New York, March 5, 1998; author’s interview with Susan Jordan, Berkeley by phone, Feb. 22, 1998; “War Stories: The Feminist Defense,”
The Recorder
(Berkeley), Dec. 1, 1997;
Plexus
, Sept. 1974, Nov. 1974, Dec. 1974.

25
Yvonne Wanrow:
Plexus
, July 1975; Jordan.

26
Storaska book: Frederic Storaska, “How to Say No to a Rapist and Survive” (New York: Random House, 1975).

27
Broyard review:
The New York Times
, Feb. 27, 1975.

28
hounded him off the circuit: see Hope MacLeod, “Rape Film Producer Hits Back,”
New York Post
, Dec. 9, 1976.

29
Highest Neilsen ratings for NBC; Janet C. Gornick and David S. Meyer, “Changing Political Opportunity: The Anti-Rape Movement and Public Policy,”
Journal of Policy History
, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1998.

9. Internal Combustion

1
A new wave in fiction:
Newsweek
, May 5, 1975.

2
Patty Hearst:
Newsweek
, Sept. 29, 1975.

3
Issue of noncooperation: See Judith Coburn, “Pat Swinton: The Sixties Go on Trial in the Seventies,”
The Village Voice
, Sept. 22, 1975, p. 32.

4
Evolution of Jane Alpert: “Profile of Sam Melville” in Sam Melville,
Letters from Attica
(New York: Morrow, 1972); Jane Alpert,
Growing Up Underground
(New York: Morrow, 1981); author’s interview with Jane Alpert, New York, Oct. 13, 1994.

5
As government documents show, she said she knew nothing of Pat Swinton:
United States of America v. Patricia Elizabeth Swinton
, Government Memorandum in Support of Motion for Pre-Trial Hearing, submitted by Paul J. Curran, Attorney for the United States of America, May 12, 1975, in files of Barbara Mehrhof.

6
“We Are Attica”: See “Alpert Controversy” (three petitions),
Majority Report
, March 8, 1975, p. 7.

7
“Women and Violence” panel: Florence Rush, narrative of Women and Violence panel (typed, 1971), in files of Florence Rush; Ti-Grace Atkinson,
Amazon Odyssey
(New York: Links Books, 1974) pp. 199–221.

8
Popped up in a bitter dispute: Sheryl Burt Ruzek,
The Women’s Health Movement
(New York: Praeger, 1978) p. 202.

9
“high level pig”: Edited transcript of interview with Ti-Grace Atkinson, Pat Swinton, and others,
off our backs
, July 1975, p. 2.

10
Weatherwomen statement:
Majority Report
, April 19, 1975, p. 6.

11
Apology from
Midnight Special
writer: Letter, Oct. 7, 1977, in files of Jane Alpert.

12
Saxe and Power: Richard Harris, “Annals of Law: The Fifth Amendment” (Parts I and III),
The New Yorker
, April 5, 1976, and April 19, 1976;
off our backs
, April–May 1975, May–June 1975, July 1975; Jill Johnston, “The Myth of Bonnies Without Clydes,”
The Village Voice
, April 28, 1975.

13
Redstockings CIA charge: Author’s interview with Carol Hanisch, Port Ewen, N.Y., Nov. 29, 1994; author’s interview with Kathie Amatniek Sarachild, New York, Jan. 2, 1995. See also Sydney Ladensohn Stern,
Gloria Steinem: Her Passions, Politics, and Mystique
(New York: Birch Lane, 1997).

14
“Gloria Steinem has”: Redstockings press release, May 9, 1975, in Redstockings,
Feminist Revolution
, 1975.

15
“Gloria and I had some long discussions”: Author’s interview with Joanne Edgar, New York by phone, Oct. 3, 1997. 236 Willis had not been happy: Author’s interview with Ellen Willis, New York, Oct. 24, 1994.

16
“a mushy, sentimental idea of sisterhood”: Ellen Willis, “The Conservatism of
Ms.
” in Redstockings,
Feminist Revolution
, 1975.

17
An enterprising reporter: Author’s interview with Joan Nixon, New York, Oct. 1, 1997; Joan E. Nixon, “A Watergate … or a Feminist Soap Opera?”
Lavender Woman
, Aug. 1975, p. 5.

18
From Mexico City: Judith Hennessee,
Betty Friedan: Her Life
(New York: Random House, 1999) pp. 209–210.

19
Sagaris: Author’s interviews with Marilyn Webb, New York, Oct. 8, 1997; Joan Peters, New Milford, CT., by phone, Oct. 26, 1997; Blanche Boyd, Guilford, CT., by phone, Oct. 20, 1997; Bertha Harris, Westport, MA., by phone, Oct. 27, 1997; Alix Kates Shulman, New York, Oct. 11, 1994; Jane Galvin-Lewis, Brooklyn by phone, Sept. 28, 1997; Barbara Seaman, New York, Oct. 3, 1995; Lucinda Franks, New York by phone, Oct. 9, 1997.

20
“with no stars and bosses”: “An Analysis of Sagaris, Inc. by the August 7th Survival Community (mimeo), undated, in files of Marilyn Webb.

21
“I took no orders”: Gloria Steinem, “Dear Sisters of the Feminist Press” (mimeo), Aug. 13, 1975, in files of Marilyn Webb.

22
“Dissension Among Feminists”:
The New York Times
, Aug. 29, 1975, p. 32.

10. Feminist Author

1
“a conscious conspiracy”:
Time
, Oct. 13, 1975.

2
Time
celebrated twelve women:
Time
, Jan. 5, 1976.

3
“a tract celebrating lesbianism”:
Commentary
, Feb. 1976.

4
Readers bombarded:
Commentary
, May 1976.

5
Angela Davis delivered the worst blow: “Angela Speaks,” broadcasts on KPFA, Berkeley, Jan. 15, 1976, and Jan. 22, 1976, tapes in author’s possession. See also
Freedomways
, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1976.

6
Diana Russell was hurt: Author’s interview with Diana Russell, Berkeley by phone, June 23, 1997.

7
Eldridge Cleaver on
Donahue:
The programs were broadcast in Oct. 1976.

8
Four hundred rape crisis centers: Janet C. Gornick and David S. Meyer, “Changing Political Opportunity: The Anti-Rape Movement and Public Policy,”
Journal of Policy History
, Vol. 10, No. 4, 1998.

9
Changes in state laws: Gornick and Meyer.

10
“Shere arrived in something flowing”: Author’s interview with Regina Ryan, New York by phone, Oct. 1, 1997.

11
The next feminist bestseller: Author’s interview with Marilyn French, New York, Nov. 18, 1997.

12
“It took me three days”: Author’s interview with Charlotte Sheedy, New York by phone, Nov. 10, 1997.

11. “No Man Is Worth Dying For”

1
Pioneering book: Erin Pizzey,
Scream Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear
(London: Penguin, 1974).

2
Housewife with a BBC reporter husband: Author’s interview with Erin Pizzey, San Giovanni d’Asso, April 5, 1997.

3
Officially thrown out: Pizzey; author’s interview with Sheila Rowbotham.

4
Born in China: Erin Pizzey,
Infernal Child
(London: Victor Gollancz, 1978).

5
“Kathy didn’t say anything”: Author’s interview with Pizzey.

6
Time
’s London bureau: Author’s interview with Pizzey.

7
Karen Durbin reported: Karen Durbin, “A Simple Truth,”
The Village Voice
, May 2, 1994, p. 22.

8
Editors stalled for a year: Author’s interview with Karen Durbin, New York, April 3, 1998.

9
“The subject was strange”: Karen Durbin letter to author, March 18, 1998.

10
Anecdotal account: Karen Durbin, “Wife-Beating,”
Ladies’ Home Journal
, June 1974.

11
Sandy Ramos believes: Author’s interview with Sandy Ramos, Ringwood, N.J., by phone, May 4, 1998.

12
Woman’s Advocates: Author’s interview with Sharon Rice Vaughan, St. Paul by phone, March 16, 1998; author’s interview with Susan Ryan, Minneapolis by phone, May 19, 1998.

13
“Gay men were just as sexist”: Author’s interview with Del Martin, San Francisco by phone, March 2, 1998.

14
Walker had begun to collect data: Author’s interview with Lenore Walker, Denver by phone, March 13, 1998.

15
Expert witness: Lenore Walker,
Terrifying Love
(New York: Harper & Row, 1989).

16
Differences in philosophy: Author’s interview with Esta Soler, San Francisco by phone, March 20, 1998; see also Del Martin,
Battered Wives
(San Francisco: Glide, 1976). Many of the disputes were played out in
Aegis
, a Washington, D.C., publication.

17
La Casa del Las Madres: Author’s interview with Marya Grambs, Albany, Calif., by phone, July 7, 1998.

18
Women’s Survival Space: Author’s interview with Yolanda Bako, New York, March 9, 1998.

19
Betsy Warrior’s hopes: Author’s interview with Betsy Warrior, Cambridge by phone, July 12, 1998.

20
Pizzey tackled the question: Erin Pizzey and Jeff Shapiro,
Prone to Violence
(London: Hamlyn, 1982).

21
“I was picketed”: Author’s interview with Pizzey.

22
approximately 1800 shelters: Soler.

23
A novel: Susan Brownmiller,
Waverly Place
(New York: Grove Press, 1989).

24
My opinions: Susan Brownmiller, “Hedda Nussbaum, Hardly a Heroine,”
The New York Times
, Feb. 2, 1989; Susan Brownmiller, “Madly in Love,”
Ms.
, April 1989. The
Ms
. article was reprinted in the paperback edition of
Waverly Place
(New York: Signet, 1989).

25
Reaction from battered women’s advocates: See Paula Span, “Women Protest ‘Hedda-Bashing,’
The Washington Post
, March 13, 1989.