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Women in History

Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings

Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings

This essential volume brings together more than forty of the most important historical writings on feminism, covering 150 years of the struggle for womenâ€™s freedom. Spanning the American Revolution to the first decades of the twentieth century, these worksâ€”many long out of print or forgottenâ€”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:Â The Essential Historical WritingsÂ 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.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 51140
Model 51140
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 1994-06-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780679753810

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