''Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium'' is a 2003 anthology of
feminist writings edited by
Robin Morgan
Robin Morgan (born January 29, 1941) is an American poet, writer, activist, journalist, lecturer and former child actor. Since the early 1960s, she has been a key radical feminist member of the American Women's Movement, and a leader in the ...
. It has more than fifty women contributing sixty original essays written specifically for it. It is the follow-up anthology to ''
Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology'' (1984), which itself is the follow-up to ''
Sisterhood Is Powerful: An Anthology of Writings from the Women's Liberation Movement'' (1970).
Contents
''Sisterhood Is Forever'' shows the reader feminism's emphases and accomplishments as of 2003.
Essays range in tone from scholarly to narrative and provide both conservative and liberal view points.
The focus is on feminism in the United States.
The book addresses why feminism is still needed in the 21st century, providing "alarming" statistics about the status of women in the United States in Morgan's introduction.
Reception
''Sisterhood Is Forever'' was considered "multifaceted and compelling" by ''
Publishers Weekly
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''.
According to reviewer Kathy Davis,
Robin Morgan
Robin Morgan (born January 29, 1941) is an American poet, writer, activist, journalist, lecturer and former child actor. Since the early 1960s, she has been a key radical feminist member of the American Women's Movement, and a leader in the ...
's touch can be seen throughout the book, showing a clear sense of vision through her choices of essays and her footnotes.
While some critics felt that focusing on the U.S. was "problematic,"
others felt that it made sense, especially in the wake of
9/11.
In popular culture
In a 2019
Paris Fashion Week
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show,
Christian Dior's creative director
Maria Grazia Chiuri
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Biography
Her maternal grandfather died during the Second World War, leaving he ...
debuted a collection of T-shirts that read ''Sisterhood Is Powerful'', ''Sisterhood Is Global'', and ''Sisterhood Is Forever'', respectively.
References
External links
''Sisterhood Is Forever''!-- Robin Morgan's official website -->
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2003 non-fiction books
American anthologies
Books edited by Robin Morgan
English-language books
Radical feminist books
Second-wave feminism