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The Birth of American Feminism
Bernhard
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Description for The Birth of American Feminism
Paperback. The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was at the beginning of the long struggle for women's rights in the United States. This anthology includes documents which shed light on the anger and the excitement of a moment when a small but determined group of women dared to challenge the laws and customs of a society dominated by men. Editor(s): Bernhard, Virginia; Prof Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was at the beginning of the long struggle for women's rights in the United States. The documents collected in this anthology bring to life the anger and the excitement of a moment when a small but determined group of women dared to challenge the laws and customs of a society dominated by men.
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was at the beginning of the long struggle for women's rights in the United States. The documents collected in this anthology bring to life the anger and the excitement of a moment when a small but determined group of women dared to challenge the laws and customs of a society dominated by men.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781881089346
SKU
V9781881089346
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Ref
99-50
About Bernhard
Virginia Bernhard has published two historical novels, set in seventeenth-century Virginia and Bermuda, as well as a biography of a Texas governor's daughter. She coedited Southern Women: Histories and Identities (1992) and teaches at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. Professor Bernhard has served on the Advanced Placement test development committee for United States history. Elizabeth Fox-Genovese is Eleonore Raoul Professor of the Humanities at Emory University. She is editor of the Journal of the Historical Society, and author of Within the Plantation Household: Black and White Women of the Old South (1988); Feminism without Illusions: A Critique of Individualism (1991); "Feminism is Not the Story of My Life": How Today's Feminist Elite Has Lost Touch with the Real Concerns of Women (1996); Reconstructing History: The Emergence of a Historical Society, co-edited with Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn (1999); and Women and the Future of the Family (2000).
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