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===Sisterhood anthologies=== [[File:SisterhoodIsGlobalLincolnCenter.jpeg|thumb|300px|Sisterhood is Global at [[Lincoln Center]]]] In 1970, Morgan compiled, edited, and introduced the first [[anthology]] of [[feminist]] writings, ''[[Sisterhood is Powerful]]''. The compilation included now-classic feminist essays by such activists as [[Naomi Weisstein]], [[Kate Millett]], [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]], [[Florynce Kennedy]], [[Frances M. Beal]], [[Joreen]], [[Marge Piercy]], [[Lucinda Cisler]] and [[Mary Daly]], as well as historical documents including the [[N.O.W.]] Bill of Rights, excerpts from the [[SCUM Manifesto]], the [[Redstockings]] Manifesto, historical documents from [[Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell|W.I.T.C.H.]], and a germinal statement from the Black Women’s Liberation Group of Mount Vernon.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Brain|first=Norman|title=The Consciousness-Raising Document, Feminist Anthologies, and Black Women in ''Sisterhood is Powerful''|journal=Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies|volume=27|issue=3|pages=38–64 |date=2006|doi=10.1353/fro.2006.a209988 |jstor=4137384|s2cid=141752970 }}</ref> It also included what Morgan called "verbal karate": useful quotes and statistics about women.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Battle-Sister|first=Ann|title=Review of 'A Tyrant's Plea,' ''Dominated Man'' by Albert Memmi; ''Born Female'' by Caroline Bird; ''Sisterhood is Powerful'' by Robin Morgan|journal=Journal of Marriage and Family|volume=33|issue=3|date=1971|pages=592–597|doi=10.2307/349862|jstor=349862}}</ref> The anthology was cited by the [[New York Public Library]] as one of the “New York Public Library's Books of the [20th] Century”.<ref name="nypl"/> Morgan established the first American feminist grant-giving organization, The Sisterhood Is Powerful Fund, with the royalties from ''[[Sisterhood Is Powerful]]''.<ref name="Morgan2007">{{cite book|author=Robin Morgan|title=Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CiQYpdmjT6gC&pg=PR18|date=1 November 2007|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4165-9576-2|pages=18–}}</ref> However, the anthology was banned in Chile, China, and South Africa.<ref name="Morgan2007"/> Her follow-up volume in 1984, ''[[Sisterhood Is<!-- Capitalize the second titular word as "Is" because that is how it is done on the book. --> Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology]]'', compiled articles about women in over seventy countries. That same year she founded the Sisterhood Is Global Institute, notable for being the first international feminist [[think tank]]. Repeatedly refusing the post of president, she was elected secretary of the organization from 1989 to 1993, was VP from 1993 to 1997, and after serving on the advisory board, finally agreed to become president in 2004.<ref name="glob"/> A third volume, ''[[Sisterhood Is Forever|Sisterhood Is<!-- Capitalize the second titular word as "Is" because that is how it is done on the book. --> Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium]]'' in 2003, was a collection of articles mostly by well-known feminists, both young and "vintage", in a retrospective on and future blueprint for the feminist movement.<ref name="jaw"/> It was compiled, edited, and with an introduction by Morgan, and Morgan wrote "To Vintage Feminists" and "To Younger Women", which were both included in the anthology as Personal Postscripts.<ref name="illinois1">{{cite web|url=http://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/vf-dpu/Record/dpu_536804/TOC |title=Library Resource Finder: Table of Contents for: Sisterhood is forever : the women's anth |publisher=Vufind.carli.illinois.edu |access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref>
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