Men and the making of modern British feminism
By: Arianne Chernock.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780804763110
Subjects: Male feminists -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Feminism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century; Women in politics -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Description: "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."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Becoming champions of the fair sex; title: Cultivating woman; title: From learned to literary lady; title: Revising the sexual contract; title: Imagining the female citizen.