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



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Autore: Newman Louise Michele Visualizza persona
Titolo: White women's rights : the racial origins of feminism in the United States / / Lousie Michele Newman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
Disciplina: 305.420973
Soggetto topico: 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
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.
Titolo autorizzato: White women's rights  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-771793-4
1-280-44230-1
0-19-802886-5
1-60129-961-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822711903321
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Serie: Oxford scholarship online.