num_pages: 340
description: J. S. Mill's Subjection of Women (1869), although written of course by a man, is one of the landmarks of British feminism. In the classic On Liberty (1859) Mill denies people the right to sell themselves into slavery. Yet such, he sees, is the condition of half of the population, denied the most elementary legal and political rights. The Subjection of Women is a cry of protest against the monstrous injustices of existing British institutions, and a plea for political, legal, and educational reforms. Such a fiercely polemical work, by a thinker of Mill's stature and reputation, was bound to stimulate controversy. This volume contains a sample of the resulting literature. Of particular interest is the fact that, among the critics and reviewers who responded to The Subjection of Women , one may find a number of the most eminent of the women intellectuals of the period.
language: English
title: The Subjection of Women: Contemporary Responses to John Stuart Mill
titlecomplete: The Subjection of Women: Contemporary Responses to John Stuart Mill (Key Issues Series)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: UNKNO