Sisterhood Is Global


Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology is a 1984 anthology of feminist writings edited by Robin Morgan, published by Anchor Press/Doubleday. It is the follow-up to '. After Sisterhood Is Global came its follow-up, '.

Background

was awarded Ford Foundation Grants in 1982, 1983, and 1984 to help fund work on Sisterhood Is Global.

Contents

Made up of short essays by women who represent more than 80 countries, Sisterhood Is Global "was hailed as 'an historic publishing event,' 'an instant classic,' and 'the definitive text on the international women's movement,' and adopted widely as a course text in women's studies, international affairs, global economics, and several other disciplines", as Morgan has acknowledged.
Country etc.TitleAuthor
The Silent VictimsSima Wali
The Day-to-Day StruggleFatma Oussedik
The Fire Cannot Be ExtinguishedLeonor Calvera
Women in a Warrior SocietySara Dowse, Patricia Giles
Benevolent Despotism Versus the Contemporary Feminist MovementCheryl Benard, Edit Schlaffer
A Fertile but Ambiguous Feminist TerrainDanda Prado
The Politics of SurvivalAmanda Sebestyen
The Empowerment of WomenGreta Hofmann Nemiroff
The Dutch-Speaking Caribbean Islands: Fighting Until the EndSonia M. Cuales
The English-Speaking Caribbean: A Journey in the MakingPeggy Antrobus, Lorna Gordon
The French-Speaking Caribbean: Haiti - A Vacation Paradise of HellCacos La Gonaive
The Spanish-Speaking Caribbean: We Women Aren't SheepMagaly Pineda
Women of SmokeMarjorie Agosin
Feudal Attitudes, Party Control, and Half the SkyXiao Lu
Fighting for the Right to FightLuz Helena Sanchez
Paradise Gained, Paradise Lost - The Price of "Integration"La Silenciada
Letter from a Troubled Copenhagen RedstockingTinne Vammen
Needed - A Revolution in AttitudeCarola Borja
When a Woman RebelsNawal El Saadawi
"We Cannot Wait..."Collective statement by the Association of Salvadorian Women
The Right to Be OneselfHilkka Pietila
Feminism - Alive, Well, and in Constant DangerSimone de Beauvoir
Witch Vilmma's Invention of Speech-Swallowing Irmtraud Morgner
Fragmented Selves Renate Berger, Ingrid Kolb, Marielouise Janssen-Jurreit
To Be a WomanAma Ata Aidoo
A Village SisterhoodMargaret Papandreou
Our Daily BreadStella Quan
The Nonexistence of "Women's Emancipation"Suzanne Körösi
A Condition Across Caste and ClassDevaki Jain
Multiple Roles and Double BurdensTiti Sumbung
A Future in the Past - The "Prerevolutionary" Women's MovementMahnaz Afkhami
Coping with the Womb and the BorderNell McCafferty
Up the Down EscalatorShulamit Aloni
A Mortified Thirst for LivingPaola Zaccaria
The Sun and the ShadowKeiko Higuchi
Not Just Literacy, but WisdomRose Adhiambo Arungu-Olende
A Grandmother's VisionSoon Chan Park
God's Will - and the Process of SocializationNoura Al-Falah
The Harem WindowRose Ghurayyib
The Wave of Consciousness Cannot Be ReversedFarida Allaghi
Pioneers and Promoters of WomenCarmen Lugo
The Merchant's Daughter and the Son of the SultanFatima Mernissi
Women as a CasteManjula Giri
In the Unions, the Parties, the Streets, and the BedroomsCorrine Oudijk
Foreigners in Our Own LandNgahuia Te Awekotuku, Marilyn Waring
To My Companeras on the Planet EarthMaria Lourdes Centeno de Zelaya
Not Spinning on the Axis of Maleness'Molara Ogundipe-Leslie
More Power to Women!Berit Ås
All It Requires Is OurselvesVanessa Griffen
Women - A Fractured ProfileMiriam Habib
Women and the RevolutionFawzia Fawzia
"Not Even with a Rose Petal..."Ana Maria Portugal
"Let's Pull Down the Bastilles Before They Are Built"Anna Titkow
Daring to Be DifferentMaria de Lourdes Pintasilgo
The "Right" to Be PersecutedElena Chiriac
An Emerging Social ForceAisha al-Mana
Elegance Amid the PhallocracyMarie-Angélique Savané
Going Up the MountainMotlalepula Chabaku
South Africa: A Bulletin from WithinAnonymous white South African feminists
Women Are the Conscience of Our CountryLidia Falcón
The Voice of WomenHema Goonatilake
Women's Studies - and a New Village StoveAmna Elsadik Badri
Similarity, Singularity, and SisterhoodRita Liljeström
We Superwomen Must Allow the Men to Grow UpMallica Vajrathon
It's Time We Began with OurselvesTatyana Mamonova
"Good Grief, There Are Women Here!"Claire de Hedervary
Honoring the Vision of "Changing Woman"Rayna Green
For As Long As It TakesGiovanna Merola R.
"The Braided Army"Nguyen Thi Dinh
Neofeminism - and Its "Six Mortal Sins"Rada Iveković, Slavenka Drakulić

Editions

In a 2019 Paris Fashion Week show, Christian Dior's creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri debuted a collection of T-shirts that read Sisterhood Is Powerful, Sisterhood Is Global, and Sisterhood Is Forever, respectively.