Feminism
The Essential Historical Writings
$36.56
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
6 September 1994
Summary
This essential volume brings together more than forty of the most important historical writings on feminism, covering 150 years of the struggle for women’s freedom. Spanning the American Revolution to the first decades of the twentieth century, these works—many long out of print or forgotten—are finally brought out of obscurity and into the light of contemporary analysis and criticism.
This richly diverse collection contains excerpts from books, essays, speeches, documents, and letter…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679753810 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679753818 |
| Author: | Miriam Schneir |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 6 September 1994 |
| Weight: | 305g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 131mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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“This anthology is part of a shelf of early second-wave feminist books that I’ve carried with me wherever I lived for years to help remind me of the early, exciting days of recovering past texts.” —Adrienne Rich
About The Author
Miriam Schneir
Miriam Schneir is the editor of the anthologies Feminism in Our Time- The Essential Writings, World War II to the Present and Feminism- The Essential Historical Writings. She coauthored Remembering the Ladies”- Women in America, 1750-1815, and wrote with Walter Schneir Invitation to an Inquest, a study of the Rosenberg case. Her articles have appeared in Ms., The Nation, The New York Times Magazine, and various other publications. Under the auspices of Columbia Teachers College, she prepared a critique of the coverage and treatment of women in a multivolume encyclopedia, which was the basis for revision of the encyclopedia. She was a research associate with Columbia University Center for the Social Sciences Program in Sex Roles and Social Change.
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