Feminism : a very short introduction

Walters, Margaret 1938- (Author).

Summary: This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. Margaret Walters brings the subject completely up to date by providing a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries.

Record details

ISBN: 019280510X (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
159 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-150) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Religious roots of feminism -- The beginning of secular feminism -- The 18th century : Amazons of the pen -- The early 19th century : reforming women -- The late 19th century : campaigning women -- Fighting for the vote : suffragists -- Fighting for the vote : suffragettes -- Early 20th-century feminism -- Second-wave feminism : the late 20th century -- Feminists across the world.