Freedom Feminism : Its Surprising History and Why it Matters Today (Values and Capitalism)

Sommers, Christina Hoff

AEI Press（2013/06発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 138 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780844772622
• DDC分類 305.420973

Full Description

Women's equality is one of the great achievements of Western civilization. Yet most American women today do not consider themselves "feminists." Why is the term that describes one of the great chapters in the history of freedom in such disrepute? In Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today, Christina Hoff Sommers seeks to recover the lost history of American feminism by introducing readers to conservative feminism's forgotten heroines. More importantly, she demonstrates that a modern version of conservative feminism - in which women are free to employ their equal status to pursue happiness in their own distinctive ways - holds the key to a feminist renaissance. "Freedom Feminism" is a primer in the

Contents

Table of Contents Introduction 1. Feminist Foremothers: The 18th and 19th Centuries Mary Wollstonecraft: The First Feminist Philosopher Hannah More and the Bluestockings Frances Willard: "Saint Frances of American Womanhood" 2. The Second Wave: Since 1960 The Great Convergence The Rise and Fall of the ERA The Formidable Mrs. Schlafly Women under Freedom 3. Contemporary Feminism and a Way Forward Feminist Theory and Its Discontents Feminist Ms.information The Feminist Brain Trust Conclusion