Significant sisters
Subtitle: the grassroots of active feminism, 1839-1939
By: Margaret Forster.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Feminists -- England -- Biography; Feminists -- United States -- Biography; Feminism -- England -- History; Feminism -- United States -- History
Description: Portrays eight women's rights advocates of the 19th and early 20th centuries: Caroline Norton, Elizabeth Blackwell, Florence Nightingale, Emily Davies, Josephine Butler, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Emma Goldman. Determined, foresightful leaders, the pioneers of contemporary feminism, these women fought unprecedented battles for women's rights in eight separate spheres of activity--law, the professions, employment, education, sexual morality, politics, birth control, and ideology.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.