Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism calls fresh attention to the forgotten but foundational contributions of men to the creation of modern British feminism. Focusing on the revolutionary 1790s, the book introduces several dozen male reformers who insisted that women's emancipation would be key to the establishment of a truly just and rational society. These men proposed educational reforms, assisted women writers into print, and used their training in religion, medicine, history, and the law to challenge common assumptions about women's legal and political entitlements.
This book uses men's engagement with women's rights as a platform to reconsider understandings of gender in eighteenth-century Britain, the meaning and legacy of feminism, and feminism's relationship more generally to traditions of radical reform and enlightenment.
Copyright:
2010
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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780804772938
Related ISBNs:
9780804763110
Publisher:
Stanford University Press
Date of Addition:
02/05/16
Copyrighted By:
the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University