This "essential new book that belongs in every American's library" (Sally Jenkins, author of The Right Call) is a comprehensive oral history of the decade that defined the feminist movement, including interviews with prominent figures and unsung heroes – from the author of the “powerful and moving” (The New York Times) Witness to the Revolution.

Through the engaging personal voices of those who experienced it, The Movement narrates the intimate internal story of what it was like to be at the forefront of the modern feminist fight when women rejected thousands of years of customs and demanded the freedom to be who they wanted and needed to be.

“Exciting, well-crafted, and absolutely staggering” (The New York Times), The Movement traces the awakening, organization, and mobilization of women between 1963 and 1973, when a diverse collection of people and events merged to create an explosive movement. From Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique to the underground abortion network of the Janes, as well as Shirley Chisholm's presidential campaign and the gender showdown in 1973 between Billie Jean King, Bingham skillfully assembles the fragments of this eruption, bringing to life the emotions of this personal, cultural, and political revolution.

Artists and politicians, athletes and lawyers, Black and White, The Movement takes us inside the spaces where these women insisted on being considered full citizens and, in the process, transformed the fabric of American life.