Title Joyous greetings : the first international women's movement, 1830-1860 / Bonnie S. Anderson

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) : illustrations Contents Panorama -- Angels over Amazons -- Becoming rebels -- First connections -- Emancipating themselves -- The pressure builds -- Volcano time -- The heyday Summary Over one hundred fifty years ago, champions of women's rights in the United States, Britain, France, and Germany formed the world's earliest international feminist movement. This is the first book to tell their story. From Seneca Falls, New York to Paris, from London to small towns in Germany, early feminists united to fight for the cause of women. At the height of the Victorian period, they insisted their sex deserved full political equality, called for a new kind of marriage based on companionship, claimed the right to divorce and to get custody of their children, and argued that an unjust economic system forced women into poorly paid jobs. They rejected the traditional view that women's subordination was preordained, natural, and universal. Now, restoring these daring activists' achievements to history, this work passes on their inspiring and empowering message to today's new generation of feminists.--From publisher description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and index Notes Print version record Subject Feminism -- History -- 19th century Women's rights -- History -- 19th century Feminism -- International cooperation -- History -- 19th century Women's rights -- International cooperation -- History -- 19th century Equality -- History -- 19th century Social movements -- History -- 19th century Women's rights -- International cooperation -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory. Equality. Feminism. Feminism -- International cooperation. Social movements. Women's rights. Women's rights -- International cooperation. Feminismus Gleichheit Feministin Vrouwenbeweging. Internationale samenwerking. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780198029175 0198029179 9780195143973 0195143973 9786610831005 6610831009

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