A Termination by Honor Moore (A Public Space, 2024) and The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America 1963-1973 by Clara Bingham (Atria / One Signal Publishers, 2024)

The 1960s and ’70s marked a political watershed for women in the United States, producing vibrant streams of protest and resistance that continue to shape American ideas of identity, activism, and our shared future as a nation.

Women’s Liberation! Feminist Writings that Inspired a Revolution & Still Can

In a filmed conversation with Library of America, Honor Moore and Clara Bingham—two acclaimed authors with deep connections to the women’s movement—discuss the rich history of second-wave feminism, share illuminating readings from the era’s great writers, and talk about their personal experiences in the fight for civil and reproductive rights.

Honor Moore is the author of, most recently, A Termination (A Public Space, 2024), a memoir of her pre–Roe v. Wade abortion, which she discusses here in depth. She edited, along with Alix Kates Schulman, the LOA volume Women’s Liberation! Feminist Writings That Inspired a Revolution & Still Can.

Clara Bingham is the author of the newly released oral history The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America 1963–1973 (Atria / One Signal Publishers, 2024).

Watch the full video below:

All readings from this video can be found in Women’s Liberation! Feminist Writings That Inspired a Revolution & Still Can.