Mothering the Movement: The Story of the San Francisco Women's Building
by Sushawn Robb
Including the full script of the play She Rises Like a Building to the Sky
by Mercilee M. Jenkins
Tens of thousands of women, and men and children, walk through the doors of the S.F. Women's Building every year, but few know what went into making the Building the place it is today. This book tells the incredible story of how a group of radical feminists, operating on a tiny annual budget, purchased a 4-story building in San Francisco's Mission District in 1979. This audacious and visionary step wasn't easy, and the next two decades saw the organization go through many struggles. Some of it was fun, some of it was hard, but in the end all of it was worth it. Their story is part of the history of the women's movement and the history of San Francisco, providing a window into the final decades of the 20th century.
The Women's Building remains an important institution in the present, but this book preserves their history for future generations. Too often the contributions of women become invisible because they are not part of recorded history. This book makes sure this won't happen for the hundreds of women who helped make the Women's Building a reality. To find out more about The Women's Building today, just click on their name on the first line of this paragraph.
The book is published Outskirts Press. It is a soft cover book, 342 pages and retails for $19.95, or if you buy it through Outskirts Press bookstore, there is a 10% discount. It will also be available on Kindle and other e-book formats. See the order information page for more details.
The Women's Building remains an important institution in the present, but this book preserves their history for future generations. Too often the contributions of women become invisible because they are not part of recorded history. This book makes sure this won't happen for the hundreds of women who helped make the Women's Building a reality. To find out more about The Women's Building today, just click on their name on the first line of this paragraph.
The book is published Outskirts Press. It is a soft cover book, 342 pages and retails for $19.95, or if you buy it through Outskirts Press bookstore, there is a 10% discount. It will also be available on Kindle and other e-book formats. See the order information page for more details.
Watercolor by Liz O'Brien
See more about the Building at their webpage: womensbuilding.org
