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Ain't I a Woman?
Source: CMU.edu
Author: Sojourner Truth
Country: United States

The famous and stirring text of Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" in which she pleads eloquently for true equality with men. Delivered 1851 at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio.

Talking with Daphne Patai
Source: Chronicle Review
Country: United States

Transcript of an online discussion featuring Daphne Patai, author of "Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales from the Strange World of Women's Studies." Patai is a voice for sanity against the PC feminist policies on American campuses. (10/4/00)

Bibliographic Essay on Individualist Feminism
Source: The Memory Hole
Author: Wendy McElroy
Country: United States
E-mail: mac@zetetics.com

A bibliographic review of individualist feminism in America from revolutionary days to the present.

Liberty and Feminism
Source: Independent Institute
Author: Richard Epstein
Country: United States

"A few decades ago, the women's movement typically sought support for legal and political inclusion by appealing to individualist sensibilities. Ironically, those arguments often militate against the agenda of many of today's feminists." PDF Acrobat file. (7/99)

Sommers on Deconstruction and Feminism
Source: Dartmouth Review
Author: Christina Hoff Sommers
Country: United States

This fascinating interview begins with the question: "What is the relation between the political feminism, the equity feminism of the 1960s and the academic feminism we see in the contemporary academy? Are the goals and premises the same?" (4/98)

Murray Rothbard on women's lib
Source: lewrockwell.com
Author: Murray Rothbard
Country: United States

In this article entitled "The Great Women’s Liberation Issue: Setting It Straight", the inimitable Rothbard "blows the whistle" on Second Wave feminism ('70s). First published in The Individualist, May 1970.

A woman's primer on defensive firearms use
Source: Doing Freedom!
Author: Sunni Maravillosa
Country: United States

Informative article discussing considerations largely specific to women regarding defensive firearms use. (8/02)

Rethinking radical feminism
Source: Univ. of Waterloo
Author: Patti Lenard
Country: United States

Lenard rethinks the basics of radical feminism from an alternate feminist approach.

Why aren't more women part of the libertarian movement?
Source: Association of Libertarian Feminists
Author: Joan Kennedy Taylor
Country: United States

Individualist feminist Joan Kennedy Taylor says that women are scared off by libertarian men who too often minimize the importance of their concerns. (Spring, 1999)

Women's figures show economic progress
Source: Independent Women's Forum
Author: Christine Stolba and Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Country: United States

"For three decades, women have been moving steadily upward in the American work force. But according to many women’s rights advocates, considerable bias against women remains." This article, complete with illustrations, resolves the tension in these two statements.

Libertarian solutions: to succeed, women don't need government affirmative action
Source: LP News
Author: Elizabeth Larson
Country: United States

"The American working woman pays a high price for the position or promotion she receives from affirmative action: the unspoken assumption that she was not the 'best man' for the job." (12/00)

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