Challenging Power: Toxic waste protests and the politicization of white, working-class women

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Abstract

Among the earliest community activists in toxic waste protests were white, working-class women. This chapter examines the process by which these women became politicized through grassroots protest activities in the 1980s, which led to their analyses of environmental justice, and in many instances to their leadership in regional and national toxic waste coalitions. These women would seem unlikely candidates for becoming involved in political protest. They came out of a culture that shares a strong belief in the existing political system, and in which traditional women’s roles center around the private arena of family.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCommunity Activism and Feminist Politics
Subtitle of host publicationOrganizing Across Race, Class, and Gender
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages129-150
Number of pages22
ISBN (Electronic)9781136049583
ISBN (Print)0415916291, 9780203379547
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2012

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