03401nam 2200745Ia 450 991082271190332120200520144314.00-19-771793-41-280-44230-10-19-802886-51-60129-961-310.1093/oso/9780195086928.001.0001(CKB)1000000000363317(EBL)273391(OCoLC)229926659(SSID)ssj0000313216(PQKBManifestationID)11244598(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313216(PQKBWorkID)10353312(PQKB)11108212(Au-PeEL)EBL273391(CaPaEBR)ebr10279478(CaONFJC)MIL44230(MiAaPQ)EBC273391(OCoLC)1406786710(StDuBDS)9780197717936(EXLCZ)99100000000036331719971230d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhite women's rights the racial origins of feminism in the United States /Lousie Michele Newman1st ed.New York Oxford University Press19991 online resource (272 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1999.0-19-512466-9 0-19-508692-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-252) and index.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 Coolidge7 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; YA 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.Oxford scholarship online.FeminismUnited StatesHistoryMinority womenUnited StatesSocial conditionsRacismUnited StatesHistoryWomen, WhiteUnited StatesSocial conditionsWomen's rightsUnited StatesHistoryFeminismHistory.Minority womenSocial conditions.RacismHistory.Women, WhiteSocial conditions.Women's rightsHistory.305.420973Newman Louise Michele1596275MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822711903321White women's rights3917602UNINA