W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2009 The First Thing Out the Window: Race, Radical Feminism, and Marge Piercy's "Woman on the Edge of Time" Kimberly Lynn Mann College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the American Literature Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Recommended Citation Mann, Kimberly Lynn, "The First Thing Out the Window: Race, Radical Feminism, and Marge Piercy's "Woman on the Edge of Time"" (2009). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539626579. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-2t4x-hd85 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The First Thing out the Window: Race, Radical Feminism, and Marge Piercy’sWoman on the Edge of Time Kimberly Lynn Mann Minneapolis, Minnesota Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2003 A Thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts American Studies Program The College of William and Mary August, 2009 APPROVAL PAGE This Thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Kimberly Lynn Mann Approved by theJGommittee, May, 2009 Committee Chair Associate Professor Leisa Meyer, Histc/ry and American Studies The College of William^l^ary Assistant Profes'S^ntohgAjamber,'^English ana American Studies / The Colleg^of William & Mary Associate Professor Maureen Fitzgerald/feeligious Studies and American Studies V The College oWilliam & Mary ABSTRACT PAGE The feminist movement of the 1970s was plagued with fragmentation as it sought to produce a singular woman's identity under which all feminists were expected to unite.