Women and Socialism: Essays on Women's Liberation

Thirty years have passed since the heyday of the women s liberation struggle, yet women remain second-class citizens. Feminism has shifted steadily rightward since the 1960s. This collection of essays examines these issues from a Marxist perspective, badly needed today.

Women and Socialism locates the source of women s oppression in class society, arguing that only a movement integrating the fight for women s liberation with a struggle against a system that puts profit above human needs can end women s oppression along with all other forms of inequality.

Sharon Smith is the author of many articles on women s liberation and the US working class. Her writings appear regularly in Socialist Worker newspaper and the International Socialist Review.