Worlds of women : the making of an international women's movement / Leila J. Rupp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rupp, Leila J., 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights--International cooperation--History.

Women's rights.

Women--Societies and clubs--History.

Women.

Women--Political activity--History.

Feminism--International cooperation--History.

Feminism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1997]

Summary:

Worlds of Women is a groundbreaking exploration of the "first wave" of the international women's movement, from its late nineteenth-century origins through the Second World War. Making extensive use of archives in the United States, England, the Netherlands, Germany, and France, Leila Rupp examines the histories and accomplishments of three major transnational women's organizations to tell the story of women's struggle to construct a feminist international collective identity. She addresses questions central to the study of women's history--how can women across the world forge bonds, sometimes even through conflict, despite their differences?--and questions central to world history--is internationalism viable and how can its history be written? Rupp focuses on three major organizations that were technically open to all women: the broadly based and cautious International Council of Women, founded in 1888; the feminist International Alliance of Women, originally called the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, founded in 1904; and the vanguard Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, which grew out of the International Congress of Women that met at The Hague in 1915. The histories of these organizations, and their stories of cooperation and competition, shed new light on the international women's movement. They also help us to understand the different but connected story of the second wave of international feminism that emerged from the ashes of World War II.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

INTRODUCTION

1 The International First Wave

2 Building an International Women's Movement

Section I BOUNDARIES

3 Who's In, Who's Out

4 The International Bonds of Womanhood

Section II CONSCIOUSNESS

5 Forging an International "We"

6 How Wide the Circle of thfe Feminist "We"

Section III PERSONALIZED POLITICS

7 International Ground

8 Getting to Know You

CONCLUSION

9 International Matters

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-317) and index.

ISBN:

9780691016757

0691016755

OCLC:

1273305785