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Crisis in the American Universities
Source: Gift of Speech
Author: Camille Paglia
Country: United States

September 19, 1991 at M.I.T. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Extemporaneous talk. Excerpt: "So I've been attacking what I regard as the ideology of date rape. At the same time as I consider rape an outrage, I consider the propaganda and hysteria about date rape equally outrageous from the Sixties point of view, utterly reactionary from a Sixties point of view."

The roots of individualist feminism in 19th century America
Source: Zetetics
Author: Wendy McElroy
Country: United States
E-mail: mac@zetetics.com

An overview of the personalities and intellectual themes of 19th century individualist feminism, which forms the foundation for the current movement.

Mercy Otis Warren
Source: University of Michigan Collection of American Verse
Country: United States

Warren was the most prolific woman of the American revolution. Her works of history viewed politics as a struggle between liberty and power. This page includes a biographical sketch and excerpts from her poetry.

A defense of Christina Hoff Sommers
Source: Friesan
Author: Kelley L. Ross
Country: United States

This letter, addressed to the American Philosophical Association, provides a succinct defense of the Sommers critique of "gender feminism" along with a fine overview of what that term means.

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