The Liberation of Ivy Bottini

by Judith V. Branzburg

Overview

Colorful, charismatic, magnetic, brilliant are just a few of the words used to describe Ivy Bottini, a woman who was at the forefront of the NOW movement and the second wave of feminism. She helped found the New York City chapter of the National Organization for Women and in 1969 designed the NOW logo that is still used today. She then moved to Los Angeles and became an activist for many LGBT causes.

This is Ivy's story, in her own words. A story of personal transformation, courage, activism, love and sacrifice, that is also inspirational and educational. It's also an insider's view and a model for activism from a leader in two of the most important liberation movements of the past half century--women's liberation and gay and lesbian liberation. Along the way, her words bring to life the changes in attitudes toward and in the lives of women and gays and lesbians over the past fifty years.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161746370
Publisher:	Bedazzled Ink Publishing
Publication date:	10/29/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Judith V. Branzburg, Ph.D.,  is an emeritus professor of English at Pasadena City College (PCC) in Pasadena, California.  For over twenty years at PCC, she taught nonfiction writing, women’s studies, gay and lesbian studies, and American literature.  She has published essays in publications ranging from the Lesbian Review of Books and Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the U.S to Radical Teacher and Callaloo:  A Black Southern Journal for Arts and Letters.  She has also published a novel, The Paris Adventures of Judith and Amy and has worked as a free-lance editor.