Consciousness

Mary Shelley This section of the on-line archive contains Liberation School documents, consciousness raising, issues of race and class and more.
Womankind Article Index
by Cheryl Ganz (2000) A complete article index to the CWLU's Womankind newspaper in Adobe Acrobat format. Copies of Womankind are available for viewing at the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University Library's Special Collections Department as well as on microfilm at the Library of Congress. You will need the free Acrobat Reader available here.
 
Power, Resistance and Science
by Naomi Weisstein(1992) A follow up to Psychology Constructions the Female written 25 years later.
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What is Women's Liberation?
from Secret Storm (undated, but probably 1975-1976) A statement that seeks to refute common misconceptions about the women's movement.
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Stand Up and Be Counted
from Secret Storm (undated, but probably 1975-1976) A review of a film that explored issues of women's liberation.
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A Black Woman's View Of Women's Liberation
An interview with Brenda Eichelberger, a founding member of the Chicago chapter of the National Black Feminist Organization (undated but probably 1975 ).
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We Look at Ms.
by Sue (1972) A CWLU member casts a feminist eye on the early days of Ms Magazine.
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Socialist Feminism -- A Strategy for the Women's Liberation Movement
by the Hyde Park Chapter of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union (1972) A major theoretical paper that helped lay the basis for the CWLU's political direction.
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No Lady
from Black Maria (1971) A grim look at life for incarcerated women.
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WHY WOMEN'S LIBERATION?
from Black Maria (1971) Some basic questions answered in a clear direct way.
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High School Women Ask: What is Women's Liberation?
from Womankind (1971) Chicago high school women confront sexism in their daily lives.
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notes on a writers workshop
by Donna I. from Black Maria (1971) An analysis of a Writers Workshop offered through the CWLU's Liberation School.
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How to start your own consciousness-raising group
from Black Maria (1971) Black Maria was a literary magazine with roots in the CWLU. This article was originally a CWLU leaflet.
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THE LAST OF THE RED HOT MAMMAS, OR, THE LIBERATION OF WOMEN AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE WORLD
(1969) This play was performed at the founding convention of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union.
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Psychology Constructs the Female
by Naomi Weisstein (1968) A feminist classic that exposed the sexism underlying the psychology establishment of the time.
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