History of Feminism

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1. Children and Empire

   Edited by Cheryl M. Cassidy, Andrea Kaston Tange

   Series: History of Feminism

   Co-published by Routledge and Edition Synapse The History of Feminism series makes key archival source material readily available to scholars, researchers, and students of women’s and gender studies, women’s history, and women’s writing, as well as those working in allied and related fields....

   Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge
2. Women and Belief, 1852–1928

   Edited by Jessica Cox, Mark Llewellyn, Nadine Muller

   Series: History of Feminism

   Co-published by Routledge and Edition Synapse Over recent years, research into religious belief during the Victorian period and the early twentieth century has grown in diversity and importance. The centrality of faith-based discourses to women of the period has long been recognized by scholars in...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Female Journalists of the Fin de Siècle

   Edited by Lorna Shelley

   Series: History of Feminism

   Especially in recent years, late nineteenth-century novels, short stories, and essays have attracted considerable scholarly interest. Research into texts by and about the New Woman has played a major role in shaping a critical understanding of fin-de-siècle literature, New Journalism, gender...

   Published November 7th 2010 by Routledge
4. Victorian and Edwardian Anti-Feminism

   Edited by Valerie Sanders, Lucy Delap

   Series: History of Feminism

   This new collection from Routledge and Edition Synapse provides the documentary backdrop to this growing critical interest in anti-feminism. Based on the premise that to understand the social and intellectual context of the women’s movement and feminism, it is crucial that all contributions to the...

   Published March 30th 2010 by Routledge
5. Irish Feminisms, 1810–1930

   Edited by Mary Pierse

   Series: History of Feminism

   Co-published by Routledge and Edition Synapse, the History of Feminism series makes key archival source material readily available to scholars, researchers, and students of women’s and gender studies, women’s history, and women’s writing, as well as those working in allied and related fields....

   Published December 13th 2009 by Routledge
6. Women and Empire, 1750–1939

   Primary Sources on Gender and Anglo-Imperialism

   Edited by Susan K. Martin, Caroline Daley, Elizabeth Dimock, Cheryl Cassidy, Cecily Devereux

   Series: History of Feminism

   Women and Empire, 1750–1939: Primary Sources on Gender and Anglo-Imperialism functions to extend significantly the range of the History of Feminism series (co-published by Routledge and Edition Synapse), bringing together the histories of British and American women’s emancipation, represented in...

   Published January 25th 2009 by Routledge
7. Medical Advice for Women, 1830–1915

   Edited by Ruth Robbins

   Series: History of Feminism

   Medical Advice for Women is a new five-volume collection from Routledge and Edition Synapse covering professional, scientific, and medical opinion, in addition to the popular guides aimed at the female reader, between the years 1830–1915. Medical literature from this period provides a fascinating...

   Published December 10th 2008 by Routledge
8. Nineteenth-Century British Women's Education, 1840–1900

   Edited by Susan Hamilton, Janice Schroeder

   Series: History of Feminism

   This new six-volume collection from Routledge and Edition Synapse brings together key documents from the Victorian feminist campaign to establish and improve girls’ and women’s education. The set is divided into two sections, both of which incorporate materials that argue for the improvement of...

   Published August 28th 2007 by Routledge
9. African American Feminisms, 1828–1923

   Edited by Teresa Zackodnik

   Series: History of Feminism

   The black women's club movement is frequently seen as definitive of "first-wave" African American feminism. However, this six-volume collection from the History of Feminism series draws together key documents that show the varied political work African American feminists were undertaking well...

   Published June 6th 2007 by Routledge
10. Women's Suffrage Literature

    By Katharine Cockin, Glenda Norquay, Sowon Park

    Series: History of Feminism

    Women's Suffrage Literature is a new Major Work from Routledge and Edition Synapse. It makes available in facsimile key texts which represent the wealth of creative writing that emerged around the issue of women’s suffrage in the early twentieth century. The collection includes five...

    Published December 17th 2006 by Routledge