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Cover of Women's History Review

Women's History Review

Volume 5, Issue 3, Sep 1996
Pages 417-444

  • DOI: 10.1080/09612029600200123
  • Print ISSN: 0961-2025
  • Online ISSN: 1747-583X

Anarchism and feminism: a historical survey

University of Glamorgan

Abstract

This article discusses a double paradox: first, that the anarchists, so proud of their genuine commitment to anti-authoritarian politics, were yet so blind to the oppressive effects of patriarchy.However, secondly, within this generally male-orientated culture, there were still ambivalences in anarchist politics, with some pockets of real sympathy for feminism. Material is drawn from the experience of anarchists within Europe, 1840–1940.