| The Woman Movement: Feminism in the United States and England Contributor(s): O'Neill, William L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415752612 ISBN-13: 9780415752619 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - History | Modern - 19th Century - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History |
| Physical Information: 208 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This unusual book traces the development of the feminist movement in America and, to a lesser extent, in England. The comparison between the movements is enlightening. Professor O'Neill 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. 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. |