Joyous greetings
Subtitle: the first international women's movement, 1830-1860
By: Bonnie S. Anderson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780195126235; 9780195143973
Subjects: Feminism -- History -- 19th century.; Women's rights -- History -- 19th century.; Feminism -- International cooperation -- History -- 19th century.; Women's rights -- International cooperation -- History -- 19th century.; Equality -- History -- 19th century.; Social movements -- History -- 19th century.; Féminisme -- Histoire -- 19e siècle; Femmes -- Droits -- Histoire -- 19e siècle; Féminisme -- Coopération internationale -- Histoire -- 19e siècle; Égalité (Sociologie) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle; Femmes -- Droits -- Coopération internationale -- 19e siècle; Mouvements sociaux -- Histoire -- 19e siècle; Vrouwenbeweging.; Internationale samenwerking.
Description: Over one hundred fifty years ago, champions of women's rights in the United States, Britain, France, and Germany formed the world's earliest international feminist movement. This is the first book to tell their story. From Seneca Falls, New York to Paris, from London to small towns in Germany, early feminists united to fight for the cause of women. At the height of the Victorian period, they insisted their sex deserved full political equality, called for a new kind of marriage based on companionship, claimed the right to divorce and to get custody of their children, and argued that an unjust economic system forced women into poorly paid jobs. They rejected the traditional view that women's subordination was preordained, natural, and universal. Now, restoring these daring activists' achievements to history, this work passes on their inspiring and empowering message to today's new generation of feminists.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Panorama; title: Angels over Amazons; title: Becoming rebels; title: First connections; title: Emancipating themselves; title: The pressure builds; title: Volcano time; title: The heyday.