Nonviolent Revolution for a Family Friendly US
Redstocking Grandma
- Location
- Baldwin, New York,
- Birthday
- July 17
- Bio
- My name is Mary Joan Koch. The Redstockings were a NYC radical feminist group in the late 60s and early 70s. I have five grandchildren, 5, 3 1/2, 3 1/2, 2, and 1. Becoming a grandma has rekindled my radical feminism. I speak for the children.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Are Children and Elders Better
Off?
March 19, 2010 06:23PM - Is Your Babysitter a Guy
(Repost)
May 07, 2012 05:51PM - 1971, Age 25, Doubts about
Feminism
May 01, 2012 02:11PM - Tossing Pebbles and Making
Ripples
April 30, 2012 07:07PM - How to Cheat on the Mental
Mini-Status Exam
January 06, 2012 04:49PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I have been so sad all
day. Your post helped me
understand
why. Where the Wild
Th…”
May 08, 2012 05:53PM - “Brunhilde, You are
absolutely right that blanket
statements
about feminism are
u…”
May 04, 2012 03:26AM - “jlsathre,
I
totally agree with you. My
English husband is absolutely
appalled
at U…”
May 02, 2012 12:10PM - “As a childbirth
educator, La Leche League
leader, and mother
of 4, I
ferven…”
May 02, 2012 06:28AM - “I so enjoyed this
excellent, balanced post on a
subject that
evokes
suc…”
May 02, 2012 06:20AM
I was very active in the feminist movement of the late 1960s
and early 1970s. Although I described myself as a radical feminist,
I always had misgivings. I explore them in this journal entry from
October 1971. Talking about a
20-hour work week seems preposterous now, but it
seemed
… Read full post »
Are
children, elders, families in general, the poor better off than
they were in 1968, at the start of the Second Wave of Feminism?
Are you outraged with a society
where 2 month olds are cared for by strangers for 10 hours a day
because there is no genuine paternity
and… Read full post »
Grandma Nolan and Mary Jo, 1947
Great
Grandma Nolan, 1974
One of my most cherished possessions is my grandmother's small 1980 datebook. It lists the birthdays of all her children, their spouses, her grandchildren, their spouses, and her great-grandchildren. All of us could
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