The Essential Feminist Reader (2007)

by Estelle Freedman (Editor)

Other authors: Sylviane Agacinski (Contributor), Qasim Amin (Contributor), Susan B Anthony (Contributor), Gloria Anzaldúa (Contributor), Mary Astell (Contributor) — 54 more, Domitila Barrios de Chúngara (Contributor), Jennifer Baumgardner (Contributor), Susan Brownmiller (Contributor), Gro Harlem Brundtland (Contributor), Luisa Capetillo (Contributor), Hélène Cixous (Contributor), Anna Julia Cooper (Contributor), Mariarosa Dalla Costa (Contributor), Simone de Beauvoir (Contributor), Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Contributor), Christine de Pizan (Contributor), Ding Ling (Contributor), Francisca Diniz (Contributor), Palesa Beverley Ditsie (Contributor), W.E.B. Du Bois (Contributor), Friedrich Engels (Contributor), Betty Friedan (Contributor), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Contributor), Jonah Gokova (Contributor), Emma Goldman (Contributor), Sarah M Grimke (Contributor), Shareefa Hamid Ali (Contributor), Kathleen Hanna (Contributor), Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (Contributor), Henrik Ibsen (Contributor), Kishida Toshiko (Contributor), Alexandra Kollontai (Contributor), Winona LaDuke (Contributor), Li Ju-chen (Contributor), Audre Lorde (Contributor), Pat Mainardi (Contributor), Harriet Taylor Mill (Contributor), John Stuart Mill (Contributor), Gertrude Mongella (Contributor), Pauli Murray (Contributor), Alva Myrdal (Contributor), James Oppenheim (Contributor), Emmeline Pankhurst (Contributor), François Poullain de la Barre (Contributor), Qiu Jin (Contributor), Sara Estela Ramírez (Contributor), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (Contributor), Adrienne Rich (Contributor), Amy Richards (Contributor), Margaret Sanger (Contributor), Huda Shaarawi (Contributor), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Contributor), Flora Tristan (Contributor), Sojourner Truth (Contributor), Rebecca Walker (Contributor), Monique Wittig (Contributor), Mary Wollstonecraft (Contributor), Virginia Woolf (Contributor), Yosano Akiko (Contributor)

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Moving beyond standard texts by English and American feminist thinkers, this collection features primary source material from around the globe, including short works of fiction and drama, political manifestos, and the work of lesser-known writers.

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I read this in Dr. Tillman's class; it is so thoughtfully and meticulously compiled and edited. It truly allowed me to understand the evolution of feminism over the centuries and decades in a way that a text book could not have done. Simply put, this is a great book for a crash course in feminism evolution and is great for someone who likes a compilation of narratives rather than a biography or textbook. (

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Great collection of feminist works. (

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bit-of-a-list-tiger | Apr 4, 2019 |

This is an excellent overview of the evolution of women's rights world-wide from the early 1400's to today. Freedman took good care of representing most issues and shows how concerns changed throughout the centuries: education, right to ownership, inheritance, vote; later health issues and reproductive rights, sexual orientation and the list goes on. Freedman's introductions are astute and help ground each essay. Some themes are recurrent and sometimes repetitive; I was surprised not to see anything about body image, plastic surgery and anorexia; but the global perspective was refreshing and a real learning experience. (

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Freedman, Estelle	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Agacinski, Sylviane	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Amin, Qasim	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Anthony, Susan B	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Anzaldúa, Gloria	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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In fact, as a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.
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