The Movement

How Women's Liberation Transformed America 1963-1973

By: Clara Bingham

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, Janina Edwards, Gibson Frazier, Kevin R. Free, Billie Fulford-Brown, Keyonni James, Sunny Lu, Kamali Minter, Natalie Naudus, Angel Pean, Aida Reluzco, David Sadzin, Eunice Wong, Clara Bingham

Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

A comprehensive and engaging oral history of the decade that defined the feminist movement, including interviews with living icons and unsung heroes—from former Newsweek reporter and author of the “powerful and moving” (The New York Times) Witness to the Revolution.

For lovers of both Barbie and Gloria Steinem, The Movement is the first oral history of the decade that built the modern feminist movement. Through the captivating individual voices of the people who lived it, The Movement tells the intimate inside story of what 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 be who they wanted and needed to be.

This engaging history traces women’s awakening, organizing, and agitating between the years of 1963 and 1973, when a decentralized collection of people and events coalesced to create a spontaneous combustion. From Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique, to the underground abortion network the Janes, to Shirley Chisholm’s presidential campaign and Billie Jean King’s 1973 battle of the sexes, Bingham artfully weaves together the fragments of that explosion person by person, bringing to life the emotions of this personal, cultural, and political revolution. Artists and politicians, athletes and lawyers, Black and white, The Movement brings listeners into the rooms where these women insisted on being treated as first class citizens, and in the process, changed the fabric of American life.

©2024 Clara Bingham (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

The Movement is an engaging and compelling account of Women’s Liberation from those who lived it.

The Movement by Clara Bingham is an extraordinary chronicle of the women’s liberation movement during the 1960s and 1970s. Bingham intricately weaves together the stories and personal accounts of the activists and everyday women who played pivotal roles in this transformative era. The book’s engaging format breathes life into historical events, making the extensive details feel accessible and compelling. Despite its substantial length, The Movement captivates readers, encouraging them to delve deeper into the struggles and triumphs that shaped the fight for women’s rights. Bingham’s meticulous research and storytelling create an essential and inspiring read for anyone interested in history.

The courage of women to challenge norms

Such an interesting read. I learned many things from this book about the movement. I will encourage others to read how difficult it was to attain equality and caution those who seem too willing to give them up.

Just a collection of quotes..

I was very disappointed and did not enjoy. There was no real analysis or original thought by author. This book wasn’t written it was just assembled.