Japanese Indigo Design: The Collection of Sadako Fukui Book

Firs the back story. This is one of the books that has been sitting on my bookshelf for years, never been read. I bought it for a class back in college, but then had a conflict and dropped the class. The other books were Custer Died for Your Sins and The Autobiography of Malcom X. I finally decided to give it a go, and I'm glad that I did.

More than anything, this book opened my eyes even further to the struggles women have gone through, not just in the past but the present. And, it seems, it is as relevant today as it was when it was written in the late 90's.

Read this book if you want a quick history of the modern feminist movement, as well as the rise in power of Patricia Ireland, former president of NOW. It's her story, her life, from her start in feminism dealing with sexual harassment and discrimination as an airline stewardess, all the way to her becoming one of the most powerful women in the country working to further sexual equality.

It's a great book, even if it is 15 years old.