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     This week we are re- 
     
     viewing three books on 
     
     the subject of womens 
     
     liberation, sent us by 
     
     Pathfinder Press. We 
     
     will begin with the one 
     
     we thought the best, 
     
     "Women's Evolution? 
     
     by Evelyn Reed. The 
     
     other two are "Problem: 
     
     of women's Liberation" 
     
     also by Eveyln Reed, 
     
     and "Women In China" 
     
     by Katie Curtin. 
     
     Women's Evolution: 
     
    

    
     From Matriarchal Clan 
     
     to Patriarchal Family, 
     
     Evelyn Reed 
     
    

    
     Pathfind Press 
     
    

    
     491 pp ~ 
     
    

    
     In this well written 
     
     and well—researched 
     
     book, Evelyn Reed at— 
     
    
   
   
    
     mrm 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     BE TAERE.’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     It is her disagreement 
     
     with this point that makes 
     
     this book a figurative 
     
     bible for feminists as 
     
     well as an anthropological 
     
     work of considerable merit. 
     
     In showing that womens 
     
     present position in society 
     
     is not natural and right, 
     
     in showing that women 
     
     once occupied a position 
     
     of total equality with 
     
     man, she gives feminists 
     
     and ideological base to 
     
     help them in their quest 
     
     for equality. 
     
    

    
     She begins with the 
     
     development.ofltheefl‘fi 
     
     matriarchal clan through 
     
     the the eras of savangery 
     
     and barbarianism (these 
     
     terms being used in the 
     
     anthropological sense). 
     
    
   
   
    
     are 
     
    
   
   
    
     I 'W o    b e ra ti o n/  
     
     0' People’s Liberation 
     
    
   
   
    
     the central male figure 
     
     in primitive society. 
     
     The father was merely an 
     
     incidental, with very 
     
     few rights; indeed, as 
     
     the biological facts of 
     
     reproduction were un— 
     
     known, there was really 
     
    
   
   
    
     no such thing as a father, 
     
    
   
   
    
     in our sense of the word. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rather, there was a mother's 
     
    
   
   
    
     sleeping partner.' 
     
     The final part of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     book deals with the Shift' 
     
    
   
   
    
     from a'matriarchal to a 
     
     patriarchal system, and" 
     
     its cause. The authOr 
     
     blames this shift, and 
     
     the subsequent downfall 
     
     and degredation on the 
     
    
   
   
    
     spread of private property 
     
     ownership and the neces- . 
     
    
   
   
    
     sity of heirs to inherit 
     
     that property. ‘- 
     
    

    
     ' Originally, fatherhood 
     
     was a social process ' 
     
     rather than a biological 
     
    
   
   
    
     one; a man became a childis 
     
    
   
   
    
     father by raising him. 
     
     However, as the system 
     
     developed, biologiCal 
     
     fatherhood became man— 
     
     datory also, and chastity 
     
     was enforced upon women 
     
     as a result. a 
     
     The book itself is 
     
    
   
   
    
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     , 
     
    
   
   
    
     on the subject made by 
     
     their texts and previous 
     
     training, and to thelatter 
     
     because it gives them a 
     
     idealogical base and a 
     
     belief in themselves 
     
    

    
     as women._ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Furthermorethe time 
     
     is a little more emotional 
     
     and extremist. However, 
     
     it makes some good points 
     
     \ and contains interesting 
     
     concepts and as such‘I 
     
     recommend it to people 
     
     ‘ interested‘in the women's 
     
     lib movement. 
     
     Women In China 
     
     Katie’Curtin 
     
     a fPathfinder Press, 
     
      pp . 
     
    

    
     This book deals with 
     
     the history of womens 
     
     struggle for liberation 
     
     in China, their present 
     
     status, and their pro- 
     
     blems. This is a very 
     
     meritous topic, but up- 
     
     on attemptingfito:persue 
     
     the autherfvssatreament . 
     
     of it, I fablz-asleepx;  
     
     and therefore, it is 
     
     with regret that I.in— 
     
     form you that no review 
     
     will be forthcoming. 
     
     Should anyone read this, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
         
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ book he or She is welcome 
     
     ‘to send his or her im— 
     
     pressions in tqftheg,-w 
     
     Cadre. " 
     
     Albert & Wendy 
     
    
   
   
    
     Citing numerous sources, 
     
     she proves that this sytem. 
     
     did indeed exist. In 
     
    

    
     the course of this, she 
     
     explodes many of the 
     
    

    
     myths, misconceptions, 
     
    

    
     and misundertandings that 
     
     have arisen from pervious 
     
     refusals to accept the 
     
     existance of the matriarchal 
     
     system. ' 
     
    

    
     In the second section, 
     
     she examines the fra— 
     
     triarchal system, which 
     
     rexiSted'alongside the 
     
     matriarchal sytem. This 
     
     concerns the powers, pos— 
     
     ition, and duties of 
     
     ‘the mother's brother, 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
          
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     tempts to prove that the 
     
     present patriarchal or 
     
     father-family has only 
     
     been in existance for 
     
    

    
     a relatively short time, 
     
     and was preceded by a 
     
     general system of 
     
     matriarchal kinship 
     
     throughout the world. 
     
     This contention is in 
     
     direct opposition to 
     
    

    
     the feelings of numerous‘ 
     
     anthropologists and‘ 
     
     mort laymen, namely, 
     
     that the father—family 
     
     has always existed and 
     
     that women's present 
     
     subordinate position is 
     
     natural and right. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     extremely well researched. 
     
     It tends towards pedantry, 
     
     and is somewhat repetitive 
     
     When making certain points, 
     
     but I suppose the latter 
     
     is necessary in view of 
     
     the controversial nature‘ 
     
     of the subject. Although 
     
     it could hardly be called 
     
     light reading, and has 
     
     to be digested a bit 
     
     at a time, I would highly 
     
     recommend it to everyone. 
     
     Specifically, vaould rec-g 
     
     ommend it for_anthropology 
     
     , students (and professors), 
     
     and to feminists; to the 
     
     former because it may 
     
     correct possible errors 
     
    
   
   
    
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