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Cover of Women in Movement

Women in Movement Feminism and Social Action

  • Published: 17 Dec 2012
  • DOI: 10.4324/9780203436141
  • Print ISBN: 9780415821599
  • eBook ISBN: 9780203436141

First published in 1992, this book is an historical introduction to a wide range of women’s movements from the late eighteenth-century to the date of its publication. It describes economic, social and political ideas which have inspired women to organize, not only in Europe and North America, but also in the Third World.

Sheila Rowbotham outlines a long history of women’s challenges to the gender bias in political and economical concepts. She shows women laying claim to rights and citizenship, while contesting male definitions of their scope, and seeking to enlarge the meaning of economy through action around consumption and production, environmental protests and welfare projects.

Contents

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    Front Matter
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    Introduction
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      General Introduction
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      What do Women Want?
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      Women, Power, and Politics
  • Rights, Sovereignty, And Emancipation
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      The Tocsin of Reason: Women in the French Revolution
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      A New Moral World: Early Radicals, Cooperators, and Socialists
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      The Abolition of Slavery and Women’s Emancipation
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      Class and Community: Women and the Chartist Movement
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      Women in Revolution: Nineteenth-Century France
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      Equality and Individualism: Harriet Taylor and John Stuart Mill
  • Changing Personal Life
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      Sensuous Spirits: Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee Claflin
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      Transforming Domestic Life: Cooperatives and the State
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      Moral Uplift, Social Purity, and Temperance
  • Political Movements and Social Action
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      Nationalist Movements and Women’s Place
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      Social Reform: Protection by the State
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      Welfare and Social Action
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      Socialism, Women, and the New Life
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      Marxists and the Woman Question
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      Anarchism and Rebel Women
  • Political Power: Reform and Revolution
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      The Suffrage: Patriots and Internationalists
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      19
      Women and Revolution in Russia
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      Indian Women and Self-Rule
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      The Long March of Chinese Women
  • Identity and Difference
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      Sexual Politics
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      Battles Around Boundaries: Conflicting Strategies After World War I
  • Themes for Discussion
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      ‘Bornings’ and Beginnings: Origins of Women’s Liberation in Many Countries
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      Personal Politics: Changing Definitions Through Action
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      Knots: Theoretical Debates
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      The Protests Without a Name: Women in Collective Action
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      Conclusion
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    Back Matter