Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century: Collected Writings and Biographical Profiles

This is a history of the individualist feminism movement and of three prominent publications that rose in its defense: The Word, Liberty and Lucifer the Light Bearer. These often-overlooked 19th century journals published some of the most important ideas on feminism, anarchism and personal liberty.

Biographies and selections from contributors to these magazines feature the remarkable women and men who laid many of the foundations for modern feminist thought. Angela Heywood, who first defended abortion based on women's self-ownership of her body, and Lillian Harman, who was jailed at 16 for being married without state or church ceremonies, are two of the women profiled.

These fascinating profiles and writings provide insight into the lives and work of these important but often neglected early feminists.

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Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century: Collected Writings and Biographical Profiles

This is a history of the individualist feminism movement and of three prominent publications that rose in its defense: The Word, Liberty and Lucifer the Light Bearer. These often-overlooked 19th century journals published some of the most important ideas on feminism, anarchism and personal liberty.

Biographies and selections from contributors to these magazines feature the remarkable women and men who laid many of the foundations for modern feminist thought. Angela Heywood, who first defended abortion based on women's self-ownership of her body, and Lillian Harman, who was jailed at 16 for being married without state or church ceremonies, are two of the women profiled.

These fascinating profiles and writings provide insight into the lives and work of these important but often neglected early feminists.

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Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century: Collected Writings and Biographical Profiles

Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century: Collected Writings and Biographical Profiles

by Wendy McElroy
Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century: Collected Writings and Biographical Profiles

Individualist Feminism of the Nineteenth Century: Collected Writings and Biographical Profiles

by Wendy McElroy

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This is a history of the individualist feminism movement and of three prominent publications that rose in its defense: The Word, Liberty and Lucifer the Light Bearer. These often-overlooked 19th century journals published some of the most important ideas on feminism, anarchism and personal liberty.

Biographies and selections from contributors to these magazines feature the remarkable women and men who laid many of the foundations for modern feminist thought. Angela Heywood, who first defended abortion based on women's self-ownership of her body, and Lillian Harman, who was jailed at 16 for being married without state or church ceremonies, are two of the women profiled.

These fascinating profiles and writings provide insight into the lives and work of these important but often neglected early feminists.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786474004
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 11/19/2012
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 8.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Wendy McElroy writes and edits books about electoral practices and feminism. She lives in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments v

Introduction 1

Section I The Word: A Monthly Journal of Reform (1872-1890, 1892-1893)

1 Agela Fiducia Tilton Heywood: In the Shadow of a Man 19

2 Women of The Word: A Biographical Dictionary of the Day-to-Day Radicals 48

Section II Lucifer, the Light Bearer (1883-1907)

3 Moses Harman: The Paradigm of a Male Feminist 89

4 Edwin Cox Walker and Lillian Harman: A Feminist Couple 125

Section III Liberty: Not the Daughter But the Mother of Order (1881-1908)

5 Sarah Elizabeth Holmes: The Study of a Silenced Woman 135

6 Gertrude B. Kelly: A Disillusioned Woman 164

Notes 191

Select Bibliography 199

Index 201

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