“An extremely brief history of the National Woman’s Party” by OllieBase

Back in September, I was looking up examples of movements who experience "winters" which are then revived. [1] I found a wonderful 1989 paper [2]covering the post-war activities of the National Woman's Party (NWP). The author argues that the NWP basically kept the feminism movement afloat between suffrage and civil rights victories, and that it played an important role as an "abeyance structure". I have no formal background in sociology or feminism, but I liked this paper and thought it worth sharing. Here are a few quotes; some heartwarming, some inspiring and some frankly eery analogies with EA. From 1945 to the 1960s, women's rights activists confronted an inhospitable political and social environment. ... The media denounced feminism, discredited women who continued to advocate equality, and thus thwarted the mobilization of discontented women (Rupp 1982). The most influential attack came from Ferdinand Lundberg and Marynia Farnham's popular [...] The original text contained 4 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: March 5th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/pCFkmyMaCopbrqvm5/an-extremely-brief-history-of-the-national-woman-s-party --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.