Feminism: The Essential Historical WritingsThis essential volume brings together more than forty of the most important historical writings on feminism, covering 150 years of the struggle for women’s freedom. Spanning the American Revolution to the first decades of the twentieth century, these works—many long out of print or forgotten—are finally brought out of obscurity and into the light of contemporary analysis and criticism. This richly diverse collection contains excerpts from books, essays, speeches, documents, and letters, as well as poetry, drama, and fiction by major feminist writers, including: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, George Sand, Mary Wollstonecraft, Abigail Adams, Emma Goldman, Friedrich Engels, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, John Stuart Mill, Margaret Sanger, Virginia Woolf, and many others. The pieces in Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings cover the crucial challenges faced by women, including marriage as an instrument of oppression; a woman's desire to control her own body; the economic independence of women; and the search for selfhood, and extensive commentaries by the editor help the reader see the historical context of each selection. |
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FRANCES WRIGHT | 18 |
GEORGE SAND | 25 |
GRIMKé | 35 |
THOMAS Hood | 58 |
MARRIED WOMENs PROPERTY ACT | 72 |
FREDERICK DOUGLASS | 83 |
LETTER FROM PRISON OF ST LAzARE PARIS | 91 |
FRIEDRICH ENGELS | 189 |
AUGUST BEBEL | 205 |
THORSTEIN VEBLEN | 212 |
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN | 230 |
EMILY JAMES PUTNAM | 247 |
SENATE REPORTHISTORY OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY | 254 |
ANNA GARLIN SPENCER | 268 |
CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT | 286 |
LUCRETIA MoTT | 99 |
Elizabeth CADY STANTON | 110 |
MARRIED WOMENs PROPERTY ACT | 122 |
SojourneR TRUTH | 128 |
VICTORIA WooDHULL TENNESSEE CLAFLIN | 143 |
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON | 155 |
John STUART Mill | 162 |
HENRIKIBSEN | 179 |
EMMELINE PANKHURST | 293 |
BREAD AND ROSES | 305 |
MARGARET SANGER | 325 |
CLARA ZETKIN | 335 |
Virginia WOOLF | 344 |
MARY RITTER BEARD | 356 |
SOURCES OF SELECTIONS | 369 |
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