Frederick Engels, Origins of the Family, Private Property and the State. For recent comment on the debates over Engels' classic work, see Chris Harman's article, 'Women's liberation and revolutionary socialism', in International Socialism 23 (1984), especially pages 3-10.

Tony Cliff, Class Struggle and Women's Liberation gives an analysis of the political differences between feminists and socialists as the history of each developed.

Jill Liddington and Jill Norris, One Hand Tied Behind Us is a history of the role that working-class women played in the struggle for the vote in Britain

Cathy Porter's Alexandra Kollontai: A Biography is a history of women in the Russian Revolution as well as a biography of the best-known woman Bolshevik.

Edith Thomas, The Women Incendiaries is the classic history of women in the Paris Commune of 1871.

These and many more publications are available from local branches of the organisations listed inside the front cover of this pamphlet, or by post from:

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CONTENTS

• Title Page
• Introduction
• 1. The case for women's liberation
• 2. Class society and class struggle
• 3. Women's oppression and class society
• 4. Women workers fighting back
• 5. The family, right or wrong?
• 6. The revolutionary tradition and women's liberation
• 7. Are there any alternatives?
• 8. Conclusions
• Further Reading