Format:
Online-Ressource (ix, 159 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
019280510X
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9780191517129
Series Statement:
Very short introductions
Content:
This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. Margaret Walters brings the subject completely up to date by providing a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries. - ;How much have women's lives really changed? In the West women still come up against the 'glass ceiling' at work, most earning considerably less than their male counterparts. What are we to make of the now commonplace insistence that feminism deprives men of their ri
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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""Contents""; ""List of illustrations""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The religious roots of feminism""; ""2 The beginning of secular feminism""; ""3 The 18th century: Amazons of the pen""; ""4 The early 19th century: reforming women""; ""5 The late 19th century: campaigning women""; ""6 Fighting for the vote: suffragists""; ""7 Fighting for the vote: suffragettes""; ""8 Early 20th-century feminism""; ""9 Second-wave feminism: the late 20th century""; ""10 Feminists across the world""; ""Afterword""; ""References""; ""Further reading""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""
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""H""""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780192805102
Additional Edition:
Print version Feminism : A Very Short Introduction
Language:
English
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