Background
Swerdlow, Amy was born on January 20, 1923 in New York City. Daughter of Joseph and Esther (Rodner) Galstuck.
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Women Strike for Peace is the only historical account of this ground-breaking women's movement. Amy Swerdlow, a founding member of WSP, restores to the historical record a significant chapter on American politics and women's studies. Weaving together narrative and analysis, she traces WSP's triumphs, problems, and legacy for the women's movement and American society. Women Strike for Peace began on November 1, 1961, when thousands of white, middle-class women walked out of their kitchens and off their jobs in a one-day protest against Soviet and American nuclear policies. The protest led to a national organization of women who fought against nuclear arms and U.S. intervention in Vietnam. While maintaining traditional maternal and feminine roles, members of WSP effectively challenged national policies—defeating a proposal for a NATO nuclear fleet, withstanding an investigation by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and sending one of its leaders to Congress as a peace candidate. As a study of a dissident group grounded in prescribed female culture, and the struggle of its members to avoid being trapped within that culture, this book adds a crucial new dimension to women's studies. In addition, this account of WSP's success as a grass roots, nonhierarchical movement will be of great interest to historians, political scientists, and anyone interested in peace studies or conflict resolution. "Swerdlow has re-created a unique piece of American political history, a chapter of the international peace movement, and an origin of the modern feminist movement. No historian, activist, or self-respecting woman should be without Women Strike for Peace. It shows not only how one group of women created change, but also how they inevitably changed themselves."—Gloria Steinem
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Swerdlow, Amy was born on January 20, 1923 in New York City. Daughter of Joseph and Esther (Rodner) Galstuck.
Bachelor, New York University, 1963. Master of Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, 1984.
Professor emerita Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1981-1995, director graduate studies in women's history, 1983-1995, director women's studies program, 1983-1995. Member advisory board Feminist Press, 1973-1990.
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Peace History Society non-governmental representative to United Nations, since 1994. Panelist Bronx Museum History, New York, 1995. Board director Bella Abzug Leadership Institute, 2005—2008.
Member Berkshire Conference in Women's History (program committee).
Married Stanley H. Swerdlow, November 27, 1949 (deceased September 1991). Children: Joan Swerdlow-Brandt, Ezra, Lisa, Thomas.