Docum Hist Amer 18481920 4vls Author:Janet Beer This collection publishes key documents in the history of American feminism that until now have only been available in extract form or in archives. The coverage spans a period beginning with the Seneca Fall Convention in 1848, through to the 1920 ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women's suffrage, and includes works by Angelina ... more »and Sarah M. Grimke, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Victoria Woodhull, Margaret Fuller, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Carrie Chapman Catt, Jane Addams, Matilda Gage and others.
The material is organized under the following key themes: suffrage; health, birth control and prostitution; women's clubs, settlements, and temperance; work, education, and race. The collection also contains anti-feminist writings, by both men and women, including socio-medical writings and examples from health manuals.« less