women

Content about women, gender, feminism and women's struggles.

Lucy Parsons.

Lucy Parsons.

Women in the Montgomery bus Boycott

More than a seat on the bus - Danielle McGuire

Excellent account of the Montgomery bus boycott, a key moment in the civil rights movement. In particular it demolishes the popular myth…

Women members of the IWW lead a march in Manhattan

Letter on the IWW Domestic Workers Union, 1917 - Jane Street

Fascinating letter from the secretary of the domestic workers' section of the Industrial Workers of…

A cat rides a vacuum cleaner robot

Comments on Inventing the Future

Some members of Out of the Woods have written responses to a new book, Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work by Nick…

Sojourner Truth circa 1870

Truth, Sojourner, c1797-1883 - Mary G. Butler

A short biography of former slave, abolitionist, passionate advocate for the dispossessed and perhaps the most famous African-American woman in…

Reclaim the night march, Brighton 2013

Why reclaim the night?

An introduction to and short history of the Reclaim the Night demonstrations against sexual violence against women. (Trigger warning: contains…

Marie Goldsmith

Goldsmith, Marie: her life and thought

Article about Marie Goldsmith/Isidine/Korn that teases out her influence on Peter Kropotkin's ideas, as well as looking at her scientific career…

Frames from Nightcleaners

Jolting memory: Nightcleaners recalled - Sheila Rowbotham

Sheila Rowbotham recalls both the campaigns to organise female night cleaners in London from 1970,…

Is intersectionality just another form of identity politics? - Feminist Fightback

Feminist Fightback take a class-based look at intersectionality and identity politics.

On the Human Being, Male and Female

Letter from Joseph Déjacque to Pierre Proudhon criticism him for his misogyny and reactionary social views.

Triumphant leaders of Solidarity at Nowy Targ, October 19, 1981. Anna Walentynow

Invisible labour and political participation: Women in the Solidarność movement and in today's politics in Poland

A feminist critique by Ewa Majewska of the old Solidarność and today's Polish…

Libertad Rodenas

Rodenas, Libertad (1893-1970)

A short biography of Libertad Rodenas, noted Spanish anarchist and member of Mujeres Libres.

Transnational feminism's radical past: Lessons from Italian immigrant women anarchists in industrializing America

An article by Jennifer Guglielmo on the activism of Italian immigrant anarchist…