| White Women's Rights: The Racial Origins of Feminism in the United States Contributor(s): Newman, Louise Michele (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195086929 ISBN-13: 9780195086928 Publisher: Oxford University Press OUR PRICE: $212.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1999 Annotation: Louise Newman reinterprets an important period (1870s-1920s) in the history of women's rights, focusing attention on a core contradiction at the heart of early feminist theory. At a time when white elites were concerned with imperialist projects and civilizing missions, progressive white women developed an explicit racial ideology to promote their cause, defending patriarchy for "primitives" while calling for its elimination among the "civilized." Exploring how progressive white women at the turn of the century laid the intellectual groundwork for the feminist social movements that followed, Newman's book thus speaks to contemporary debates concerning the effect of race on current feminist scholarship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | United States - 19th Century - Law | Civil Rights |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 97053286 |
| Lexile Measure: 1760 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.28" W x 9.32" (1.33 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study reinterprets a crucial period (1870s-1920s) in the history of women's rights, focusing attention on a core contradiction at the heart of early feminist theory. At a time when white elites were concerned with imperialist projects and civilizing missions, progressive white women developed an explicit racial ideology to promote their cause, defending patriarchy for primitives while calling for its elimination among the civilized. By exploring how progressive white women at the turn of the century laid the intellectual groundwork for the feminist social movements that followed, Louise Michele Newman speaks directly to contemporary debates about the effect of race on current feminist scholarship. White Women's Rights is an important book. It is a fascinating and informative account of the numerous and complex ties which bound feminist thought to the practices and ideas which shaped and gave meaning to America as a racialized society. A compelling read, it moves very gracefully between the general history of the feminist movement and the particular histories of individual women.--Hazel Carby, Yale University |
