Synopses & Reviews
The three waves of feminism are explored through the lives of the women who made history in bringing women's issues to the forefront of American society. Many early feminists supported not only women's rights, but also rights of slaves and contributed to the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment, granting emancipation to slaves. They continued to work towards women's suffrage and were hopeful the Fourteenth Amendment would provide universal suffrage. However, women were not granted suffrage until the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment, nearly fifty years later. It was women's fundamental need for independence and an identity of their own, separate from that of men, which thrust the women's movement forward and continues to propel it today. Many notable women, such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Billie Jean King, Betty Friedan, Helen Gurley Brown, Jane Fonda, and Sandra Day O'Connor, are included in this history of the women's movement in America. The biographical entries cite works for further reading, and the volume closes with a bibliography.
The Shapers of the Great Debate series takes a biographical approach to history, following the premise that people make history in the circumstances in which they find themselves. Each volume in this series examines the lives and experiences of the individuals involved in a particular debate through both major and minor biographies.
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"An excellent quick reference and resource, especially for women's studies shelves." - MBR: Internet Bookwatch
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"As a historical narrative in the great-woman tradition, this book can be recommended as an engaging and inspirational resource." - Feminist Collections
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"Libraries that have purchased the other books in the Shapers of the Great American DebateS≪/i> reference series may be interested in adding this book, which might also be useful for quick reference needs." - VOYA
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". . . this book illustrates how women contributed to American history through their efforts to secure suffrage and civil rights. . . . At the conclusion of the text, you've encountered a diverse array of academics, writers, politicians, religious figures, and actors, all working to secure equality and recognition for women." - Catholic Library World
Synopsis
Explores women's rights through the lives of the women who made history in bringing women's issues to the forefront of American society.
About the Author
JOYCE DUNCAN is a Lecturer of Cross-Disciplinary Studies at East Tennessee State University. She is the author of Ahead of Their Time: A Biographical Dictionary of Risk-Taking Women (Greenwood, 2001 and edited Sport in American Culture (2004).
Table of Contents
Timeline of Womens Rights in the United States
Authors Note
Preface
FIRST WAVE: THE WOMAN QUESTION TO SUFFRAGE
Introduction
Frances Fanny Wright
Sarah Moore Grimk
Isabella Baumfree (Sojourner Truth)
Margaret Fuller
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Amelia Jenks Bloomer
Susan Brownell Anthony
Anna Howard Shaw
Lucy Stone
Victoria Claflin Woodhull
Jane Addams
Margaret Sanger
Frances Elizabeth Willard
Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman
Olympia Brown
Matilda Joslyn Gage
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alice Stokes Paul
Jeanette Rankin
SECOND AND THIRD WAVE FEMINISM: CIVIL RIGHTS TO THE INTERNET
Introduction
Anna Pauline Murray
Bella Abzug
Betty Naomi Goldstein Friedan
Gloria Steinem
Billy Jean King
Alice Malsenior Walker
Kate Millett
Shirley St. Hill Chisholm
Wilma Pearl Mankiller
Shirley St. Hill Chisholm
Wilma Pearl Mankiller
Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Phyllis Chesler
Fannie Lou Hamer
Audre Lorde
bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins)
Esther Eggertsen Peterson
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Camille Anna Paglia
Shere Hite
Barbara Seaman
Mary Daly
Andrea Dworkin
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES
Julia Ward Howe
Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell
Katherine (Kate) OFlaherty Chopin
Ida Husted Harper
Harriot Stanton Blatch
Alice Stone Blackwell
Ida B. Wells
Mary Eliza Church Terrell
Mary Jane McLoed Bethune
Inez Milholland Boissevain
Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis
Helen Gurley Brown
Mitsuye Yasutake Yamada
Phyllis Schlafly
Aileen C. Hernandez
Marilyn French
LaDonna Harris
Alix Kates Shulman
Susan Brownmiller
Jane Fonda
Germaine Greer
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Barbara Alexander Ehrenreich
Rita Mae Brown
Shulamith Firestone
atharine MacKinnon
Barbara Smith
Cherrie Moraga
Susan Faludi
Naomi Wolf
Katie Roiphe
Rebecca Walker
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY