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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825189103321

Titolo

Women's activism : global perspectives from the 1890s to the present / / edited by Francisca de Haan. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-17189-4

0-415-53576-X

0-203-08114-5

1-283-89444-0

1-136-17190-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Women's and gender history

Altri autori (Persone)

HaanFrancisca de <1957->

Disciplina

305.4209

Soggetti

Women - Political activity - History

Feminism - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Transnational women's activism -- pt. II. Varieties of women's activism -- pt. III. Changing relationships between 'unequal sisters'.

Sommario/riassunto

Women's Activism brings together twelve innovative contributions from feminist historians from around the world to look at how women have always found ways to challenge or fight inequalities and hierarchies as individuals, in international women's organizations, as political leaders, and in global forums such as the United Nations.The book is divided into three parts. Part one, brings together four essays about organized women's activism across borders. The chapters in part two focus on the variety of women's activism and explore women's activism in different national and po