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Joyous greetings
the first international women's movement, 1830-1860
By Anderson, Bonnie S.
- ISBN
- 978-0-19512-623-5
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, c2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2000
According to a widely accepted 19th-century truism, men were the head, women the heart. In the early 1800s, this narrow concept was causing a small coterie of female activists to bristle. Anderson's (history, Brooklyn Coll.) account of their resistance is thorough, compelling, and inspiring. She showcases an array of European and American feminists--Frederika Bremer, Jeanne Deroin, Lucretia Mott, Pauline ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
