If only one feminist book could survive an apocalypse which one would it be?

[Bubblesdevire]

Which book do you consider most pivotal, most influential or that had the most impact on you?

Can't pick just one, sorry.

Ann Oakley's 'Sex, Gender and Society'

Sara Ruddick's 'Maternal Thinking'

Sheila Jeffreys' 'Unpacking Queer Politics'

Well two of those I haven’t read so thank you- I assume you suggest them as they are great books rather than contentious?!

Which 2 haven't you read?!

The grandmother of them all, IMHO - Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex.
Changed my life, kicked off my feminism at the age of about 15, along with Sisterhood is Powerful, An Anthology of Writings by the Women's Liberation Movement edited by Robin Morgan. Published in 1970 - the year I was 15! So those 2. (And a few more... 😂)
Sisterhood is Powerful: Amazon.co.uk: Books

The Bible. Jesus placed men and women equally. He told parables about both sexes rather than just about men for men. He had female disciples in a society where women were expected to stay quiet, not get involved, not have opinions, and play house.
He was a greater advocate for equality than any man before or since.

He may have been, I don't know enough to argue one way or the other.

But the Bible is definitely not a feminist text!

This requires a very selective reading of the Bible.

I’d go with the de Beauvoir too, for all its flaws — so much subsequent feminist thinking is indebted to it.

The New Testament - read The Gospels. Focus on Jesus. Always focus on what Jesus says and does. Not on what others claim He said.

Gynaecology by Mary Daly

But we don’t know what he said or did, apart from what the gospel writers, only one of high was written during the possible lifetime of eyewitnesses, say he did or said.

The female eunuch by Greer (whether you love her or hate her!)

If we need to rebuild society then Invisible Women. Embed what both women and men need from the start.

Some brilliant ones I've read recently. So not just one. Maybe not the best. But less known and deserve recognition.

It's a (wo)man's world. Stella Beake.

Being a woman (who's had enough). Lynn B. Mann

Good Girl Deprogramming. Michelle Minnikin

Pink Camouflage. Gemma Morgan

Sorry, ‘only one of WHICH was written’.

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, surely?

Gyn/Ecology. Not a medical textbook!

Isnt the New Testament entirely other people's claims of what Jesus said.....?

Another vote for The Female Eunuch, which really resonated with me when I read it as a teenager.

Remind me how many female apostles there were?

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy. A novel, and written in the early 1970s, and she really covered it all.

The Second Sex is also a good shout.

The women's room by Marilyn french is very good.
The handmaid's tale

Changed my 13 year old life.

Female Eunuch here, too. Unforgettable.

Female Eunuch for me too. Go Germaine!