| American Women Activists' Writings: An Anthology, 1637-2001 Contributor(s): Cullen-DuPont, Kathryn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815411855 ISBN-13: 9780815411857 Publisher: Cooper Square Press OUR PRICE: $34.16 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2002 Annotation: Through America's history women have contributed to more than their own goals of freedom and equality. This anthology redefines activism beyond the strict realm of politics to embrace the many reform movements that women have galvanized and revolutionized, including religious tolerance, abolition, civil rights, wildlife conservation, environmental protection, and nuclear disarmament. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| LCCN: 2001053728 |
| Physical Information: 1.59" H x 6.66" W x 8.88" (2.19 lbs) 664 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: America's women activists have striven bravely and tirelessly to affect the course of American history. Their story, as told in letters, memoirs, diaries, and speeches, is as wide and varied as America itself. This anthology begins with the then-government's attempt to silence Anne Hutchinson, not permitted to address mixed audiences of men and women in the Massachusetts Bay colony, and leads to the formation of the women's rights movement. Highlights include Sojourner Truth describing her escape from slavery; Alice Walker's assessment of her work to end female genital mutilation; and Margarethe Cammermeyer's attempt to end the military's discharge of homosexuals. |