Feminism

How much have women's lives really changed? In the West women still come up against the 'glass ceiling' at work, most earning considerably less than their male counterparts. What are we to make of the now commonplace insistence that feminism deprives men of their rights and dignities? And how does one tackle the issue of female emancipation in different cultural and economic environments - in, for example, the Middle East, the Indian sub-continent, and Africa? This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots as well as key issues including voting rights, the liberation of the sixties, and its relevance today. Margaret Walters touches on the difficulties and inequities that women still face more than forty years after the 'new wave' of 1960s feminism, such as how successful women are at combining domesticity, motherhood, and work outside the house. She brings the subject completely up to date by providing an analysis of the current situation of women across the globe, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries.

ISBN 019280510X   Pages 176 ISBN13 9780192805102 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 142 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Series title Very Short Introductions Publication date 27 Oct 2005   Height (mm) 174 Library of Congress 2005025708   Width (mm) 112 DEWEY 305.42   Spine width (mm) 10 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

1		The religious roots of feminism		6
2		The beginning of secular feminism		17
3		The 18th century : Amazons of the pen		26
4		The early 19th century : reforming women		41
5		The late 19th century : campaigning women		56
6		Fighting for the vote : suffragists		68
7		Fighting for the vote : suffragettes		75
8		Early 20th-century feminism		86
9		Second-wave feminism : the late 20th century		97
10		Feminists across the world		117

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