Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781788737326
Publisert
2019-11-12
Utgiver
Verso Books
Vekt
259 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320
Forfatter
Introduksjon ved
Biografisk notat
Sheila Rowbotham, who helped start the women's liberation movement in Britain, is known internationally as a historian of feminism and radical social movements. She is the author of the groundbreaking books Women, Resistance and Revolution; Woman's Consciousness, Man's World; and Hidden from History. Her later works include Promise of a Dream: Remembering the Sixties and Dreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century.Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) first achieved fame for her A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she extended the radical idea of the "rights of man" to women and laid the groundwork for modern feminism.
"A fascinating, and entertaining, read."--Diva
Composed in 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft's seminal feminist tract A Vindication of the Rights of Woman broke new ground in its demand for women's education. A Vindication remains one of history's most important and elegant broadsides against sexual oppression. In her introduction, renowned socialist feminist Sheila Rowbotham casts Wollstonecraft's life and work in a new light.
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A renowned historian introduces Mary Wollestonecraft’s seminal feminist tract
A renowned historian introduces Mary Wollestonecraft's seminal feminist tract
Part of Verso’s successful Revolutions series.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781788737326
Publisert
2019-11-12
Utgiver
Verso Books
Vekt
259 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320
Forfatter
Introduksjon ved
Biografisk notat
Sheila Rowbotham, who helped start the women's liberation movement in Britain, is known internationally as a historian of feminism and radical social movements. She is the author of the groundbreaking books Women, Resistance and Revolution; Woman's Consciousness, Man's World; and Hidden from History. Her later works include Promise of a Dream: Remembering the Sixties and Dreamers of a New Day: Women Who Invented the Twentieth Century.Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) first achieved fame for her A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she extended the radical idea of the "rights of man" to women and laid the groundwork for modern feminism.