Joyous greetings : the first international women's movement, 1830-1860 / Bonnie S. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Bonnie S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--History--19th century.

Equality.

Feminism--History--19th century.

Feminism.

Feminism--International cooperation--History--19th century.

Social movements--History--19th century.

Social movements.

Women's rights--History--19th century.

Women's rights.

Women's rights--International cooperation--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

First international women's movement, 1830-1860

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over one hundred and fifty years ago, champions of women's rights in the United States, Britain, France, and Germany formed the world's earliest international feminist movement. Joyous Greetings is the first book to tell their story. From Seneca Falls in upstate New York to the barricades of revolutionary Paris, from the Crystal Palace in London to small towns in the German Rhineland, early feminists united to fight for the cause of women. At the height of the Victorian period, they insisted their sex deserved fullpolitical equality, called for a new kind of marriage based on companionshi

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Panorama; 2. Angels over Amazons; 3. Becoming Rebels; 4. First Connections; 5. Emancipating Themselves; 6. The Pressure Builds; 7. Volcano Time; 8. The Heyday; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-83100-6

9786610831005

0-19-802917-9

OCLC:

429904973

Publisher Number:

2027/heb04481 hdl