| Description |
208 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Historical problems : studies and documents ; 5 |
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Historical problems--studies and documents ; 5
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| Summary |
This book traces the development of the feminist movement in America and to a lesser extent in England. It starts with Mary Wollstonecraft and traces the development of the attack on Victorian institutions right up to the 1920s and on to the "permissive" society in which we live. "The Victorians had resolved to destroy the double standard of morals by compelling men to be as chaste as women. This proved to be unfeasible...If men and women could not be equally chaste, they could, at least, be equally promiscuous." But the story covers all facets of the movement: the struggle for enfranchisement, for property rights, and education, for working women in industry, for temperance and social reform. These remarkable women leaders live in these pages, but even more in the documents which form the second part of the book. Here their own voices come to us across the years with a sincerity which gives life to the language of a past age. -- (Back cover) |
| Notes |
Author's essay (p. [15]-97) and twenty-two documents (p. [101]-204) |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 98-100) |
| Subject |
Feminism -- Great Britain.
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Feminism -- United States.
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Women's rights.
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| LC no. |
71408743 |
| ISBN |
0043960057 |
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