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Women and Economics (Paperback)
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Women and Economics (Paperback)
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List price R272
Loot Price R228
Discovery Miles 2 280
You Save R44 (16%)
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Women and Economics (1898) is a sociological and economic study by
American author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Inspired by
her work as a social reformer and advocate for women's suffrage,
Gilman sought to write a work of nonfiction that explained the need
to introduce women into the workforce while alleviating their
responsibilities as wives and mothers. Women and Economics,
arguably Gilman's most important work, employs the theories of Karl
Marx, Charles Darwin, and Thorstein Veblen to not only assess the
damage done to women and human society by inequality, but to
propose realistic ways of eliminating gender oppression while
benefitting humanity at large. Observing that women in their roles
as wives and mothers tend to work harder for longer hours than men
while being excluded from the work force, Gilman proposes that the
progress of human society depends upon the equality of men and
women in all aspects of working and domestic life. She acknowledges
the importance of the suffragist movement-in which she was a
leading figure-while making the case for the economic equality of
men and women in addition to the democratic equality sought by
their activism. Ultimately, Gilman advocates for the
professionalization of domestic work, suggesting that women should
be allowed to enter the workforce while hiring others to care for
and educate their children as well as perform the duties necessary
for the upkeep of the home. Grounding her work in the dominant
sociological, biological, and economic theories of the time, Gilman
provided the intellectual arguments necessary for elevating the
feminist cause from a popular movement to a true political force.
Women and Economics is a powerful work of sociological thought by a
leading reformer and feminist of her day. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Women and Economics is a classic of
American literature and nonfiction reimagined for modern readers.
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