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American Feminism

Key Source Documents, 1848-1920

Edited by Janet Beer, Katherine Joslin, Anne Trudgill

Published November 28th 2002 by Routledge – 1,600 pages

Series: History of Feminism

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Description

This anthology publishes key documents in the history of American feminism that are currently only available in extract form or in archives.

This set spans from the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women's suffrage in 1920, and includes works of well-known women's campaigners such as: Angelina and Sarah M. Grimke, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Victoria Woodhull, Margaret Fuller, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Carrie Chapman Catt, Jane Addams, Matilda Gage and others.

The collection also contains anti-feminist writings, by both men and women, including socio-medical writings and examples from health manuals.

Contents

Volume I: Suffrage Volume II: Work and Education Volume III: Health, Birth-Control and Prostitution Volume IV: Women's Club and Settlements

Name: American Feminism: Key Source Documents, 1848-1920 (Hardback) – Routledge 
Description: Edited by Janet Beer, Katherine Joslin, Anne Trudgill. This anthology publishes key documents in the history of American feminism that are currently only available in extract form or in archives.This set spans from the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting...
Categories: Feminist Literature & Theory, American & Canadian Literature, American Politics