Feminism : a very short introduction / Margaret Walters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walters, Margaret, 1938-

Series:

Very short introductions.

Very short introductions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--History.

Feminism.

Sex role--History.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations, portraits.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press Inc., 2005.

Summary:

This text provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. Walters brings the subject completely up to date by providing a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Content

List of illustrations

Introduction

1 The religious roots of feminism

2 The beginning of secular feminism

3 The 18th century: Amazons of the pen

4 The early 19th century: reforming women

5 The late 19th century: campaigning women

6 Fighting for the vote: suffragists

7 Fighting for the vote: suffragettes

8 Early 20th-century feminism

9 Second-wave feminism: the late 20th century

10 Feminists across the world Feminists across the world

Afterword

References

Further reading

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-151712-7

1-280-75267-X

1-4294-2147-9

OCLC:

437109311