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BL
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1002857
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b757227
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Newman, Louise Michele.
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| Title & Author
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White women's rights : : the racial origins of feminism in the United States /\ Louise Michele Newman.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1999.
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vii, 261 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0195086929
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: 0195124669
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: 9780195086928
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: 9780195124668
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-252) and index.
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| Contents
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Woman's rights, race, and imperialism -- Evolution, woman's rights, and civilizing missions -- The making of a white female citizenry : suffragism, antisuffragism, and race -- The politics of patriarchal protection : debates over coeducation and special labor legislation for women -- A feminist explores Africa : May French-Sheldon's subversion of patriarchal protection -- Assimilating primitives : the "Indian problem" as a "woman question" -- Eliminating sex distinctions from civilization : the feminist theories of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Mary Roberts Smith Coolidge -- Coming of age, but not in Samoa : reflections on Margaret Mead's legacy to western liberal feminism.
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| Abstract
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Louise Newman reinterprets an important period (1870s-1920s) in the history of women's rights, focusing attention on a core contradiction at the heart of early feminist theory. At a time when white elites were concerned with imperialist projects and civilizing missions, progressive white women developed an explicit racial ideology to promote their cause, defending patriarchy for "primitives" while calling for its elimination among the "civilized." Exploring how progressive white women at the turn of the century laid the intellectual groundwork for the feminist social movements that followed, Newman's book thus speaks to contemporary debates concerning the effect of race on current feminist scholarship.
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Feminism-- United States-- History.
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Minority women-- United States-- Social conditions.
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Racism-- United States-- History.
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Women, White-- United States-- Social conditions.
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Women's rights-- United States-- History.
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Blanches-- États-Unis-- Conditions sociales.
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Féminisme-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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Femmes issues des minorités.
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Femmes-- Droits-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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Racisme-- États-Unis-- Histoire.
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Blanches-- États-Unis-- Conditions sociales.
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Die Rechte
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Feminism.
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Féminisme-- États-Unis.
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Feminismus
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Femmes appartenant à des minorités-- États-Unis-- Conditions sociales.
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Femmes-- Droits-- États-Unis.
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Frau
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Minority women-- Social conditions.
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Racism.
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Racisme-- États-Unis.
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Rassismus
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Weiße
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Women's rights.
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Frau.
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Blanken.
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Feminisme.
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Rassendiscriminatie.
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United States.
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USA
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USA.
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Weiße.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.48813
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| LC Classification
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HQ1410.N475 1999
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71.61bcl
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HC 6420 USA (NEW).uk-btusl
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MS 3150rvk
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