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WGST /GLST/HIST 460: Famous Feminists and Their Times: Global History of Feminism (Re. C1/C1/C1) Report a Broken Link

Feminism is one of the great social movements of modern times. Using the personal writings of some of its most famous proponents, this course will trace the history of feminist thought from the late eighteenth century through to the early twentieth century. Taking to heart the 1970s feminist adage, “the personal is political,” we will learn about the history of feminism from the perspective of the women and men who, through their words and deeds, sought to challenge the prevailing socio-political, economic, and religious order that sanctioned female inequality in their lifetimes.

Unit 1

Mohanty, Chandra Talpade. “Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses.” In The Post-Colonial Studies Reader, ed. Bill Ashcroft et al., 259-264. London and New York: Routledge, 1995. (PDF)
Rupp, Leila J. Constructing Internationalism: The Case of Transnational Women’s Organizations, 1888-1945. The American Historical Review, Vol. 99, No. 5 (December 1994): 1571-1600.

Unit 2

Holton, Sandra Stanley. “To Educate Women into Rebellion": Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Creation of a Transatlantic Network of Radical Suffragists.” The American Historical Review, Vol. 99, No. 4 (October 1994): 1112-1136.

Unit 3

Boxer, Marilyn J. Rethinking the Socialist Construction and International Career of the Concept "Bourgeois Feminism.” The American Historical Review, Vol. 112, No. 1 (February 2007): 131-158.
Piascik, Andy. “Bread and Roses, 100 Years On.” Industrial Workers of the World, January 2012.

Unit 4

Sinha, Mrinalini. Refashioning Mother India: Feminism and Nationalism in Late-Colonial India. Feminist Studies, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Autumn 2000): 623-644.

Unit 5

Allen, Ann Taylor. Feminism, Social Science, and the Meanings of Modernity: The Debate on the Origin of the Family in Europe and the United States, 1860-1914. The American Historical Review, Vol. 104, No. 4 (October 1999): 1085-1113.
Valenza, Charles. Was Margaret Sanger a Racist? Family Planning Perspectives, Vol. 17, No. 1 (January-February 1985): pp. 44-46.

Unit 6

Showalter, Elaine. Killing the Angel in the House: The Autonomy of Women Writers. The Antioch Review, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Autumn 1972): pp. 339-353.