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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822711903321

Autore

Newman Louise Michele

Titolo

White women's rights : the racial origins of feminism in the United States / / Lousie Michele Newman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-771793-4

1-280-44230-1

0-19-802886-5

1-60129-961-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

305.420973

Soggetti

Feminism - United States - History

Minority women - United States - Social conditions

Racism - United States - History

Women, White - United States - Social conditions

Women's rights - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Woman's Rights, Race, and Imperialism; 1 Evolution, Woman's Rights, and Civilizing Missions; 2 The Making of a White Female Citizenry: Suffragism, Antisuffragism, and Race; 3 The Politics of Patriarchal Protection: Debates over Coeducation and Special Labor Legislation for Women; 4 A Feminist Explores Africa: May French-Sheldon's Subversion of Patriarchal Protection; 5 Assimilating Primitives: The "Indian Problem" as a "Woman Question"; 6 Eliminating Sex Distinctions from Civilization: The Feminist Theories of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Mary Roberts Smith Coolidge

7 Coming of Age, but Not in Samoa: Reflections on Margaret Mead's Legacy to Western Liberal FeminismConclusion: Coming to Terms; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

A reinterpretation of the history of the American women's movement. The book traces the intellectual roots of the women's movement, revealing how it took on racial overtones and demonstrating that white,



middle-class women laid the intellectual groundwork for the social movements that followed.