A powerful and revealing memoir about the pioneers of modern-day feminism Phyllis Chesler was a pioneer of Second Wave Feminism. Chesler and the women who came

Argues that American feminism advocates values which do not take into account some of the complexities of career, family, and sexuality faced by women and that

Citing declining coverage of classic English and American literature in today's schools, a "politically incorrect" primer challenges popular misconceptions whil

Feminist icon Phyllis Chesler's pioneering work, Women and Madness, remains startlingly relevant today, nearly fifty years since its first publication in 1972.

Drawing on the most important studies in psychology, human aggression, anthropology, and primatology, and on hundreds of original interviews conducted over a pe