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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Community Activism and Feminist Politics |
Subtitle of host publication | Organizing Across Race, Class, and Gender |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Pages | 129-150 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781136049583 |
ISBN (Print) | 0415916291, 9780203379547 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2012 |