From motherhood to citizenship
Subtitle: women's rights and international organizations
By: Nitza Berkovitch.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Feminism -- International cooperation -- History.; Women's rights -- International cooperation -- History.; Women -- Societies and clubs -- History.
Description: It was not until the second half of the twentieth century that a few countries began granting women the right to participate in public institutions as individuals. Until then, women were incorporated into various domains of life mainly through their relational roles as mothers. In From Motherhood to Citizenship, Nitza Berkovitch argues that this trend is not confined to specific countries, but represents a worldwide phenomenon.

Berkovitch offers the first detailed account of the critical role played by international organizations in the promotion of women's rights by individual nation-states.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-196) and index.