Chapter 1 Beginnings
The first years of the organization and the Bay Area Feminist Federal Credit Union
Chapter 2 Brady Street Days
The first office of the San Francisco Women's Centers and the conference on violence against women
Chapter 3 The Women’s Building Project
The project that led to the purchase of the Women's Building
Theatrical Interlude She Rises Like a Building to the Sky, Act I
Chapter 4 San Francisco Women's Centers in Transition
Keeping the San Fransisco Women's Centers going.
Chapter 5 Settling into the Building
Moving in and figuring out how to run a building, including debates over who could rent space.
Theatrical Interlude: She Rises Like a Building to the Sky, Act II
Chapter 6 Operating the Building as Political Action
The maturation of the organization and learning how to use the building to support their politics.
Chapter 7 Radical Roots and Rich Relations
Two organizations with special ties to the Women's Building, the Alliance Against Women's Oppression
and The Women's Foundation
Chapter 8 Organizing in the 1980s
A review of conferences supported and sponsored by the Women's Building
Chapter 9 Re-Visioning the Organization
Transitioning from a collective structure to a traditional non-profit board and staff
Chapter 10 Re-Visioning the Building
The campaign to retrofit the building and redesign to better serve its base, including the
eviction of the Dovre Club bar.
Chapter 11 Epilogue
A brief survey of The Women's Building in the 10 years after the retrofit is completed
Appendix Sponsored Projects List
The first years of the organization and the Bay Area Feminist Federal Credit Union
Chapter 2 Brady Street Days
The first office of the San Francisco Women's Centers and the conference on violence against women
Chapter 3 The Women’s Building Project
The project that led to the purchase of the Women's Building
Theatrical Interlude She Rises Like a Building to the Sky, Act I
Chapter 4 San Francisco Women's Centers in Transition
Keeping the San Fransisco Women's Centers going.
Chapter 5 Settling into the Building
Moving in and figuring out how to run a building, including debates over who could rent space.
Theatrical Interlude: She Rises Like a Building to the Sky, Act II
Chapter 6 Operating the Building as Political Action
The maturation of the organization and learning how to use the building to support their politics.
Chapter 7 Radical Roots and Rich Relations
Two organizations with special ties to the Women's Building, the Alliance Against Women's Oppression
and The Women's Foundation
Chapter 8 Organizing in the 1980s
A review of conferences supported and sponsored by the Women's Building
Chapter 9 Re-Visioning the Organization
Transitioning from a collective structure to a traditional non-profit board and staff
Chapter 10 Re-Visioning the Building
The campaign to retrofit the building and redesign to better serve its base, including the
eviction of the Dovre Club bar.
Chapter 11 Epilogue
A brief survey of The Women's Building in the 10 years after the retrofit is completed
Appendix Sponsored Projects List