the racial origins of feminism in the United States /
First Statement of Responsibility
Louise Michele Newman.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vii, 261 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-252) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Woman's rights, race, and imperialism -- Evolution, woman's rights, and civilizing missions -- The making of a white female citizenry : suffragism, antisuffragism, and race -- The politics of patriarchal protection : debates over coeducation and special labor legislation for women -- A feminist explores Africa : May French-Sheldon's subversion of patriarchal protection -- Assimilating primitives : the "Indian problem" as a "woman question" -- Eliminating sex distinctions from civilization : the feminist theories of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Mary Roberts Smith Coolidge -- Coming of age, but not in Samoa : reflections on Margaret Mead's legacy to western liberal feminism.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Feminism-- United States-- History.
Minority women-- United States-- Social conditions.
Racism-- United States-- History.
Women, White-- United States-- Social conditions.
Women's rights-- United States-- History.
Blanches-- États-Unis-- Conditions sociales.
Féminisme-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
Femmes-- Droits-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
Femmes issues des minorités.
Racisme-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
Blanches-- États-Unis-- Conditions sociales.
Blanken.
Die Rechte
Feminism.
Féminisme-- États-Unis.
Feminisme.
Feminismus
Femmes appartenant à des minorités-- États-Unis-- Conditions sociales.