title: "Women's studies is in a lot of ways--consciousness raising": the educational origins of identity politics.
abstract: The second-wave feminist movement crystallized a new politics of personal identity that was fueled by and became inextricably linked to the modern university. On and off campus women organized into groups to press for political and educational rights. Along the way, women discovered that politics and education were both personal and that the achievement of "identity" offered the most direct path to true selfhood and liberation. This conclusion helped forge an enduring bond between higher education and identity group politics that continues to shape American higher education and politics to this day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Leadership, Policy and Organizations, Vanderbilt University, USA. c.loss@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Christopher P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Loss
mesh_terms: D003243:Consciousness; D004493:Education / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011057:Politics; D011287:Prejudice; D014481:United States; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000266:history*