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Other titles in the Classics in Women's Studies series:
Hit: Essays on Women's Rights (Classics in Women's Studies)by Mary E. Walker
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The only woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for her service during the Civil War, Dr. Mary E.Walker (1832-1919) was a surgeon, a public lecturer, and an outspoken champion of women's rights. After the war she published "Hit, an enigmatically titled book in which she advanced her radical ideas on topics from love and marriage and dress reform to woman's suffrage and religion. With an insightful foreword by Walker specialist Mercedes Graf, this new edition of a little-known work by a pioneering feminist will be of great interest to anyone concerned about women's rights. Book News Annotation:Feminist physician Walker (1832-1919) published this series of essays
in the years just following the American Civil War. In the work, she
advanced her ideas for women and social reform, ideas considered
radical by many in the country. She argues against double standards
of marriage and divorce, offers thoughts on dress reform (she herself
was mocked for wearing trousers), inveighs against alcohol, argues
for women's right to vote, and discusses the relationship of women to
labor. Also included is a brief biographical and contextual
introduction.
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