Feminism: The Essential Historical WritingsMiriam Schneir Here are the essential historical writings of feminism. Many of these works, long out of print or forgotten in what Miriam Schneir describes as a male-dominated literary tradition, are finally brought out of obscurity and into the light of contemporary analysis and criticism. Included are more than forty selections, coveting 150 years of writings on women's struggle for freedom -- from the American Revolution to the first decades of the twentieth century. This updated, wide-ranging collection encompasses the crucial issues of women's oppression. A surprising degree of continuity between the ideas of the old and the new feminism is evident throughout. In her selection, Miriam Schneir has by passed writings that deal exclusively with the outdated topic of suffrage in an effort to focus attention on the still unsolved feminist problems: marriage as an instrument of oppression; woman's desire to control her own body; the economic independence of women; the search for selfhood. This richly diverse collection contains excerpts from books, essays, speeches, documents, letters, as well as poetry, drama, and fiction. Extensive commentaries by the editor help the reader see the historical context of each selection. |
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... industry as the procuring of food by the men . With the patriarchal family , and still more with the single monogamous family , a change came . House- hold management lost its public character . It no longer concerned society . It ...
... industry as the procuring of food by the men . With the patriarchal family , and still more with the single monogamous family , a change came . House- hold management lost its public character . It no longer concerned society . It ...
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... industry which does not employ women . Thus woman's sphere has ex- panded , and its former boundaries can now be determined only by observing the degree of popular condemnation which follows their employment in particular industries ...
... industry which does not employ women . Thus woman's sphere has ex- panded , and its former boundaries can now be determined only by observing the degree of popular condemnation which follows their employment in particular industries ...
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... industries have been in the first two groups , textile and clothing industries . These industries ... have as houshold industries been theirs from time immemorial . But women have been driven , by the industrial forces already in part ...
... industries have been in the first two groups , textile and clothing industries . These industries ... have as houshold industries been theirs from time immemorial . But women have been driven , by the industrial forces already in part ...
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ABIGAIL ADAMS Familiar Letters of John Adams | 2 |
FRANCES WRIGHT | 18 |
GEORGE SAND Indiana | 25 |
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