Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism

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Stanford University Press, Dec 18, 2009 - History - 272 pages

Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism calls fresh attention to the forgotten but foundational contributions of men to the creation of modern British feminism. Focusing on the revolutionary 1790s, the book introduces several dozen male reformers who insisted that women's emancipation would be key to the establishment of a truly just and rational society. These men proposed educational reforms, assisted women writers into print, and used their training in religion, medicine, history, and the law to challenge common assumptions about women's legal and political entitlements.

This book uses men's engagement with women's rights as a platform to reconsider understandings of gender in eighteenth-century Britain, the meaning and legacy of feminism, and feminism's relationship more generally to traditions of radical reform and enlightenment.

 

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Contents

Becoming Champions of the fair
11
Cultivating Woman
37
Publishing Woman
60
imagining the female Citizen
106
11
248
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Arianne Chernock
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About the author (2009)

Arianne Chernock is Assistant Professor of History at Boston University.

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TitleMen and the Making of Modern British Feminism
AuthorArianne Chernock
PublisherStanford University Press, 2009
ISBN0804772932, 9780804772938
Length272 pages
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History / Europe / Great Britain / General
  
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