A People's History

Howard Zinn was a Ney York City Native, an a seeker of truth.

"Zinn grew up in Brooklyn in a working-class, immigrant household. At 18 he became a shipyard worker and then joined the Air Force and flew bombing missions during World War II. These experiences helped shape his opposition to war and his strong belief in the importance of knowing history." 

http://howardzinn.org/howard-zinn-1922-2010/

He was active in activism, and was changed after being beaten my police at was supposed to be a peaceful rally.

From that moment on, I was no longer a liberal, a believer in the self-correcting character of American democracy. . . The situation required not just a new president or new laws, but an uprooting of the old order, the introduction of a new kind of society—cooperative, peaceful, egalitarian.



His involvement in what he felt was "an unnecessary and terrible act" informed his lifelong antiwar views.

He is the Author of countless book, including A people's History of the United States where each chapter is a part of history retold.

charter 19, entitled "Surprises" speaks of the Woman's Liberation Movement and the uprising of feminism in America.
One quote that stands out on page 513:
"The repossession of our bodies... a world in which every woman is the presiding genius of her own body."