Globalizing Feminisms, 1789- 1945

This definitive Reader presents a coherent, comprehensive, comparative, and much-needed collective history of women’s activism throughout the world.

Including key pieces on the history of feminism from an international group of scholars, the book charts feminists’ attempts to restore a balance of power between the sexes against a backdrop of huge cultural, social and political transitions across the world. The collection covers the period from the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789 ...