My project seeks to highlight the role of militant feminism in the Second Wave Feminist movement through the examination of the women of the Weather Underground Organization (WUO). Formed in 1969 as an offshoot of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), WUO positioned itself as an anti-racist anti-imperialist communist militant group. In the groups\u2019 own words, their program aimed to \u201cMobilize the exploited and oppressed people to wage the class struggle against U.S. imperialism, the common enemy.\u201d From the late 1960s through the late 1970s, the WUO carried out several armed actions, including an infamous sustained bombing campaign. Historically, the Weather Underground has been analyzed separately from the Women\u2019s Movement as the group did not explicitly center feminism in their activism. However, WUO membership and leadership included many women who were integral to the formation of the group\u2019s ideologies and actions. By focusing on the group\u2019s published documents, periodical articles, and the Weatherwomen\u2019s poetry anthology Sing a Battle Song, I hope to call attention to how the WUO\u2019s militant feminism was able to synthesize gender, class, and race in direct response to what they perceived as the failings of the mainstream Second Wave movement.<\/p>\n
— Rebecca Gross<\/p>\n
“Who We Are”: The Weather Underground in Their Own Words\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Declarations and a Manifesto: Weather Reports in Print<\/a><\/p>\n Women’s Issues on the Pages of\u00a0Osawatomie\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Poetic Revolution: The Poetry of the Weatherwomen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My project seeks to highlight the role of militant feminism in the Second Wave Feminist movement through the examination of the women of the Weather Underground Organization (WUO). Formed in 1969 as an offshoot of the Students for a Democratic … Continue reading