Matilda Joslyn Gage was a woman's rights' activist during the 19th century, committed to the woman suffrage movement and civil rights. This book brings needed attention to Gage's life and work and explores her impact on women's rights. Using an advanced and distinctive form of feminist thought that encompassed an incisive analysis of patriarchy, Gage even criticized the church as patriarchy's prime sponsor. In fact, Gage connected all of women's oppression, including prostitution, marriage customs, divorce, rape and cusotdy rights to patriarchy, It is perhaps for her radical theory that Gage's arguments remain salient and controversial today. An overdue addition to the scholarship on the role feminists like Matilda Joslyn Gage have played in history, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of United States history, women's history, and women's studies.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Leila R. Brammer
EAN: 9780313304675
COUNTRY: United States
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PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO
DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-07-30
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GENRE: HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
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United States of America, USA, c 1500 onwards to present day, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Biography: general, Feminism and feminist theory, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, History of the Americas
.,."provides an overview of an important woman with an active mind who has been relatively overlooked by students of suffrage history."-Journal of Church and State, ?...provides an overview of an important woman with an active mind who has been relatively overlooked by students of suffrage history.?-Journal of Church and State, ?This book is intended for professional historians wanting information on Gage's writings.?-History: Reviews of New Books, ?This text will prove to be a valuable resource for anyone studying the suffragist movement of the 19th century. Gage was a remarkable character in its history, and this book should help to bring her more into the limelight.?-American Revolution Organizations, ?We should know more about Matilda Joslyn Gage, both for her own contributions and for what she can tell us about the dynamics of the woman suffrage movement. Leila R. Brammer's Ixcluded from Suffrage HistoryRbegins this process.?-Journal of the Early Republic vol.22 no.1
Brammer /f Leila /i R./b LEILA R. BRAMMER is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College./e
