This study reinterprets a crucial period (1870s-1920s) in the history of women's rights; focusing attention on a core contradiction at the heart of early feminist theory. At a time when white elites were concerned with imperialist projects and civilizing missions; progressive white women developed an explicit racial ideology to promote their cause; defending patriarchy for "primitives" while calling for its elimination among the "civilized." By exploring how progressive white women at the turn of the century laid the intellectual groundwork for the feminist social movements that followed; Louise Michele Newman speaks directly to contemporary debates about the effect of race on current feminist scholarship."White Women's Rights is an important book. It is a fascinating and informative account of the numerous and complex ties which bound feminist thought to the practices and ideas which shaped and gave meaning to America as a racialized society. A compelling read; it moves very gracefully between the general history of the feminist movement and the particular histories of individual women."--Hazel Carby; Yale University
#877125 in Books Ross Shepard Kraemer 1999-02-11Ingredients: Example IngredientsOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 6.00 x 1.00 x 9.00l; 1.31 #File Name: 0195103963416 pagesWomen and Christian Origins
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. a well done important textBy L.D.Black"Women Christian Origins" edited by Ross Shepard Kraemer and Mary Rose D'Angelo. This work contains fourteen; academic essays written by professors and scholars; for a higher educational level of study. This is not meant to be a casual; quick read but a college-level text. The subject matter is how women were viewed in writings of their times; and the ability to analyze what that meant; from our current time; with various works at our disposal for study. There is not a blanket acceptance of one source or another; but a critical; open-minded comparison approach. The book when taken as a whole; I truly have only one complaint... the print is small and hard to read. However the subject matter is so important; it was worth this inconvenience.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy SLP5187Book was helpful for college. Thanks.
