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The birth of feminism : woman as intellect in Renaissance Italy and England / Sarah Gwyneth Ross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ross, Sarah Gwyneth, 1975-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminism--Italy--History.
- Feminism.
- Feminism--England--History.
- Women and literature--Italy--History.
- Women and literature.
- Women and literature--England--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (416 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ross demonstrates how the expanding ranks of learned women in the Renaissance era presented the first significant challenge to the traditional definition of "woman" in the West. The Birth of Feminism demonstrates that because of their education, these women laid the foundation for the emancipation of womankind.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Her father's daughter
- Household academies in Venice and London
- The biographical tradition
- Models of feminist argument
- Learned wives and mothers in italy
- Collaborative marriages in Britain
- Discourses of equality and rights
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674266858
- 0674266854
- 9780674054530
- 0674054539
- OCLC:
- 649915918
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