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Autore: | Newman Louise Michele |
Titolo: | White women's rights : the racial origins of feminism in the United States / / Lousie Michele Newman |
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 |
ISBN: | 0-19-771793-4 |
1-280-44230-1 | |
0-19-802886-5 | |
1-60129-961-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822711903321 |
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