Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j243P6C21721; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:25:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:25:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <BC0EB899-8C5C-11D9-85BE-000393ABE4D2@litwomen.org> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "mev@litwomen.org" <mev@litwomen.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3165] Re: bibliography for learners X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2682 Lines: 65 On Thursday, March 3, 2005, at 02:58 PM, Daphne Greenberg wrote: > I am wondering if anyone > can make similar suggestions for adult learners who want to read books > about feminism, Daphne (and all) ok - so I wandered over to my very extensive book collection and started scratching my head... (hmmm... how to answer Daphne's question?) That's when it hit me like a load of bricks -- Of course -- this is PRECISELY why I started WE LEARN -- because so much of what's in print and feminist requires fairly advanced reading proficiencies (and assumes most women have those proficiencies while not recognizing those who don't)! so, first of all, I want to remind everyone that WE LEARN does have a resource list of materials on our website -- http://www.litwomen.org/Resources.html These aren't necessarily feminist theory -- but we have tried to list items that do convey women-centered, woman-positive images and do address women's history & bio, women's strength and creativity and so on - the list is implicitly feminist! also - a reminder - issue #19 of The Change Agent is on women & literacy -- and several articles are written by learners who discuss what feminism and women's rights mean to them. some of those articles directly addressing feminism are also located in the supplement issue as well. Both are downloadable from the WE LEARN website (http://www.litwomen.org/tca/index.html) along with a listing of items for Women's History Month (http://www.litwomen.org/WHMlinks.html) -- btw, I can still send 3 copies of #19 to programs that request them - I need to know your name, program name, address, phone, fax, email address, webpage (if you have one) and a brief description of how your program serves women. perhaps a future project for WE LEARN might be to compile a collection of writings by learners and educators on meanings of feminism -- and how it applies to women now in adult basic education! as for other feminist bibliography titles... bell hooks' book - "Feminism Is for everybody" may be readable to GED level students. and "When Chicken-heads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop feminist Breaks It down" by Joan Morgan may also appeal to the GED folks too. For educators during women's history month - I also highly recommend "Race, Gender & Work: A Multi-cultural economic History of Women in the united States" by Teresa Amott & Julie Matthaie I could pull out titles forever -- but will leave it here for now. Mev WE LEARN Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network www.litwomen.org/welearn.html Mev Miller, Ed.D., Director 182 Riverside Ave. Cranston, RI 02910 401-383-4374 welearn@litwomen.org
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