White Women's Rights: The Racial Origins of Feminism in the United StatesOxford University Press, 1999 M02 4 - 272 pages This study reinterprets a crucial period (1870s-1920s) in the history of women's rights, focusing attention on a core contradiction at the heart of early feminist theory. At a time when white elites were concerned with imperialist projects and civilizing missions, progressive white women developed an explicit racial ideology to promote their cause, defending patriarchy for "primitives" while calling for its elimination among the "civilized." By exploring how progressive white women at the turn of the century laid the intellectual groundwork for the feminist social movements that followed, Louise Michele Newman speaks directly to contemporary debates about the effect of race on current feminist scholarship. "White Women's Rights is an important book. It is a fascinating and informative account of the numerous and complex ties which bound feminist thought to the practices and ideas which shaped and gave meaning to America as a racialized society. A compelling read, it moves very gracefully between the general history of the feminist movement and the particular histories of individual women."--Hazel Carby, Yale University |
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... immigrant men . “ Think of Patrick and Sambo and Hans and Yung Tung , " Stanton proclaimed in 1869 , “ who do not know the difference between a monarchy and a republic , who can not read the Declaration of Independence or Webster's ...
... immigrant men . “ Think of Patrick and Sambo and Hans and Yung Tung , " Stanton proclaimed in 1869 , “ who do not know the difference between a monarchy and a republic , who can not read the Declaration of Independence or Webster's ...
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... immigration law made it difficult for Chinese men to bring their wives and families to this country , and states forbade intermarriage be- tween Chinese men and white women . ) Most significantly , white women's use of this discourse to ...
... immigration law made it difficult for Chinese men to bring their wives and families to this country , and states forbade intermarriage be- tween Chinese men and white women . ) Most significantly , white women's use of this discourse to ...
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... immigration of Chinese women help instill Christianity among Chi- nese men , or would the increased numbers of ... immigrants . For example , in 1874 , Presbyterian women orga- nized a Chinese Mission Home in San Francisco as a refuge ...
... immigration of Chinese women help instill Christianity among Chi- nese men , or would the increased numbers of ... immigrants . For example , in 1874 , Presbyterian women orga- nized a Chinese Mission Home in San Francisco as a refuge ...
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... immigrant , Anglo , European , African , and Indian . Although political reconstruction of the South formally ended in 1877 , the North remained focused on the " Southern Question ” and worried that the South might regain its political ...
... immigrant , Anglo , European , African , and Indian . Although political reconstruction of the South formally ended in 1877 , the North remained focused on the " Southern Question ” and worried that the South might regain its political ...
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... immigration , and continuing pressure on urban wages . By the late 1890s , the country also found itself faced with ... immigrant groups residing within the United States would be effective in addressing the situation of " primitives ...
... immigration , and continuing pressure on urban wages . By the late 1890s , the country also found itself faced with ... immigrant groups residing within the United States would be effective in addressing the situation of " primitives ...
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