About the author: quoting from an article from www.shesource.org, "Louise Bernikow writes and speaks abou American women and social movements, especially Women's Liberation, Second Wave Feminism and the fight for women's voting rights. She connects the past to the present, seeing historical roots in today's conflicts." About the book, Kim Chernin, Lambda Literary Award-winning American author said, "'Among Women' is a brave, honest, intelligent, compassionate book and I am changed for having read it. In its small details and in its overall vision the book impresses me profoundly. It is a light shining into darkness. . ."