Lively first-person account of fourteen years in Israel by former Knesset member, feminist movement founder, early peace activist.
| Owner | Israel Biography |
|---|---|
| Index | 2018 |
| Added Date | Jan 05, 2016 18:00:31 |
| Modified Date | Jul 18, 2022 19:24:48 |
In 1967, realizing a long held dream, Marcia Freedman moved with her husband and young daughter from the United States to Israel. Within four years she became a founding member of Israel's women's movement, fulfilling a need based on personal discoveries that "...housework and childcare are explosive when unshared; that anatomy need not be destiny; that anger is a rational response to oppression;...I learned that like Blacks, like Jews, women needed a liberation movement." In 1973 she was elected, unexpectedly, to the Knesset, Israel's governing body. Issues she raised about wife abuse or abortion choices were met with ridicule and personal attacks; these escalated as she became an outspoken proponent of Palestinian autonomy. Political life took its toll, and her marriage of thirteen years ended as she came to acknowledge and accept herself as a lesbian. In addition to shedding historical light on a critical area of the world, Marcia Freedman shows us a woman who struggled with questions bigger than herself, a woman who found some answers and even more questions.
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