The Woman Movement: Feminism in the United States and England

by William L. O'Neill

This unusual book traces the development of the feminist movement in America and, to a lesser extent, in England. The comparison between the movements is enlightening.

Professor O'Neill starts with Mary Wollstonecraft and traces the development of the attack on Victorian institutions right up to the 1920s and on to the 'permissive' society in which we live. But the story covers all facets of the movement: the struggle for enfranchisement,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415752612
• ISBN13: 9780415752619
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages