No organized women’s liberation movement existed from 1940 to 1960

Evidence

From 1940 to 1960, most women’s groups did not emphasize women’s liberation; women bonded together for social or professional reasons. Barbara Deckard, author of The Women’s Movement, contends that there was no organized women’s liberation movement from 1940 to 1960 — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 507

Related

• The 60s women’s movement structurally repeated the earlier movement’s racism. (similarity 0.81)
• The mainstream women’s movement was deliberately structured around white middle-class interests. (similarity 0.80)
• Scholars frame black women’s organizing as anti-racist, not feminist (similarity 0.78)
• Black women’s organizations deferred women’s rights until after black liberation (similarity 0.78)
• A militant English-style movement organized American women into a national party (similarity 0.78)