Radical Women Manifesto: Theory, Program, & Structure Women's History

A position paper from the first women's liberation group in Seattle, which begins with a 17-page preamble on the history of women's oppression, the status of women under both capitalism and socialism, feminism as class struggle vs. sex struggle, reform versus revolution, etc. This is followed by the group's 14-point platform and their organizational structure and principles. Seattle Radical Women was founded in 1967 as a composite of Old and New Left activists and was initially influenced by the Freedom Socialist Party (the two groups formally affiliated in 1973). The focus on a Leninist ideology ultimately resulted in the defection of many New Left women in 1968 and the founding of two new groups, the Women's Majority Union and Women's Liberation-Seattle. Radical Women continues to operate today as a socialist feminist organization. Side-stapled 11" x 8 ½" sheets, mimeographed, 30 p. Stamp of the Louis Althusser Library to the top of the first page; light wear and sunning to edges.