"I Had Not Seen Women like That Before": Intergenerational Feminism in New York City's Tenant Movement.

20TH century feminism; NEW York City history; HISTORY of social movements; TENANTS' associations; PRESSURE groups; WOMEN radicals; SOCIAL reformers; WOMEN'S rights; WOMEN'S history -- 20th century; SOCIAL history; TWENTIETH century

NEW York (N.Y.); NEW York (State)

This article focuses on the history of the women's liberation movement in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s. The author argues that young feminists involved with the movement often found support and mentors from the women radical leaders of the New York's tenant councils. The article considers the Post-War Tenant Movement, especially in the Lower East Side and in Harlem; the Popular Front; the urban renewal programs of the 1950s; Jane Benedict, leader of the Metropolitan Council on Housing; housing rights attorneys Francis Golden and Esther Rand; and the African American political action group the Black Panthers and the similar Puerto Rican Young Lords group.