Red feminism: American communism and the making of women's liberation

Introduction: Old left women, the U.S. women’s movement, and the legacy of anti-communism

I. Foundations. Building unity amidst diversity: Ethnicity, race, and gender in the early years of American communism

The Mary Inman controversy and the (re)construction of the woman question, 1936-1945

The congress of American women: Catalyst for progressive feminsim – II. Transformations. Women's work is never done: Communists' evolving approach to the woman question, 1945-1956

Claudia Jones and the synthesis of gender, race, and class

Communist culture and the politicization of personal life

III. Connections. Old left feminism, the second wave, and beyond.