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White women's rights : the racial origins of feminism in the United States / Louise Michele Newman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newman, Louise Michele, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminism--United States--History.
- Feminism.
- Women's rights--United States--History.
- Women's rights.
- Racism--United States--History.
- Racism.
- Women, White--United States--Social conditions.
- Women, White.
- Minority women--United States--Social conditions.
- Minority women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A reinterpretation of the history of the American women's movement. The book traces the intellectual roots of the women's movement, revealing how it took on racial overtones and demonstrating that white, middle-class women laid the intellectual groundwork for the social movements that followed.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: Woman's Rights, Race, and Imperialism; 1 Evolution, Woman's Rights, and Civilizing Missions; 2 The Making of a White Female Citizenry: Suffragism, Antisuffragism, and Race; 3 The Politics of Patriarchal Protection: Debates over Coeducation and Special Labor Legislation for Women; 4 A Feminist Explores Africa: May French-Sheldon's Subversion of Patriarchal Protection; 5 Assimilating Primitives: The "Indian Problem" as a "Woman Question"; 6 Eliminating Sex Distinctions from Civilization: The Feminist Theories of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Mary Roberts Smith Coolidge
- 7 Coming of Age, but Not in Samoa: Reflections on Margaret Mead's Legacy to Western Liberal FeminismConclusion: Coming to Terms; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1999.
- Includes bibliography and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771793-4
- 1-280-44230-1
- 0-19-802886-5
- 1-60129-961-3
- OCLC:
- 229926659
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