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“You’Re Creating New Categories:” Anglo-American Radical Feminism’S Constitutionalism In The Streets, Yxta M. Murray
“You’Re Creating New Categories:” Anglo-American Radical Feminism’S Constitutionalism In The Streets, Yxta M. Murray
Yxta M. Murray
In this paper, I examine the constitutional meaning of two political protests: The 1968 Miss America protest by New York Radical Women and the 1970 British radical feminist protest of the Miss World competition in London. Using the work of Reva Siegel, Jack Balkin, and Lynda G. Dodd as a foundation for my inquiry into how these social movement protests influenced constitutional culture concerning women's rights, I first engage in historical and social analyses of the protests themselves. In particular, I study the different approaches the U.S. and British feminists had to using lawbreaking, violence, and other outrageous acts in …
“You’Re Creating New Categories:” Anglo-American Radical Feminism’S Constitutionalism In The Streets, Yxta M. Murray
“You’Re Creating New Categories:” Anglo-American Radical Feminism’S Constitutionalism In The Streets, Yxta M. Murray
Yxta M. Murray
In "You’re Creating New Categories:" Anglo-American Radical Feminism’s Constitutionalism in the Streets, I examine the constitutional meaning of two political protests: The 1968 Miss America protest by New York Radical Women and the 1970 British radical feminist protest of the Miss World competition in London. Using the work of Reva Siegel, Jack Balkin, and Lynda G. Dodd as a foundation for my inquiry into how these social movement protests influenced constitutional culture concerning women's rights, I first engage in historical and social analyses of the protests themselves. In particular, I study the different approaches the U.S. and British feminists had …