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White women's rights : the racial origins of feminism in the United States

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
eBook, English, 1999
Oxford University Press, New York, 1999
History
1 online resource (vii, 261 pages) : illustrations
9781601299611, 9781280442308, 9780195124668, 9786610442300, 9780198028864, 9780195086928, 1601299613, 1280442301, 0195124669, 6610442304, 0198028865, 0195086929
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Woman's rights, race, and imperialism
Evolution, woman's rights, and civilizing missions
The making of a white female citizenry : suffragism, antisuffragism, and race
The politics of patriarchal protection : debates over coeducation and special labor legislation for women
A feminist explores Africa : May French-Sheldon's subversion of patriarchal protection
Assimilating primitives : the "Indian problem" as a "woman question"
Eliminating sex distinctions from civilization : the feminist theories of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Mary Roberts Smith Coolidge
Coming of age, but not in Samoa : reflections on Margaret Mead's legacy to western liberal feminism
English