The Movement \;is a comprehensive and engaging oral history of the decade that defined the feminist movement\, i ncluding interviews with living icons and unsung heroes. \;The Movemen t \;is the first oral history of the decade that built the modern femi nist movement. Through the captivating individual voices of the people who lived it\, \;The Movement \;tells the intimate inside story of wh at it felt like to be at the forefront of the modern feminist crusade when women rejected thousands of years of custom and demanded the freedom to b e who they wanted and needed to be.
\nThis engaging history traces w omen&rsquo\;s awakening\, organizing\, and agitating between 1963 and 1973 when a decentralized collection of people and events coalesced to create a spontaneous combustion. From Betty Friedan&rsquo\;s \;The Feminine M ystique \;to the underground abortion network the Janes\, to Shirley C hisholm&rsquo\;s presidential campaign and Billie Jean King&rsquo\;s 1973 battle of the sexes\, Bingham artfully weaves together the fragments of th at explosion person by person\, bringing to life the emotions of this pers onal\, cultural\, and political revolution. Artists and politicians\, athl etes and lawyers\, Black and white\, \;The Movement \;brings reade rs into the rooms where these women insisted on being treated as first-cla ss citizens and\, in the process\, changed the fabric of American life.
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