Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism
Arianne Chernock
Abstract
This book calls fresh attention to the forgotten but foundational contributions of men to the creation of modern British feminism. Focusing on the revolutionary 1790s, it introduces several dozen male reformers who insisted that women's emancipation would be the 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. The book uses men's engagement with women's rights ... More
Keywords: feminism, eighteenth-century Britain, radical reform, emancipation, women's rights, enlightenment, male reformers, educational reforms, women writers, gender
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 | Print ISBN-13: 9780804763110 |
| Published to Stanford Scholarship Online: June 2013 | DOI:10.11126/stanford/9780804763110.001.0001 |
