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In 1881, three writers and rights activists, Susan B. Anthony,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Matilda Joslyn Gage, came together to
publish the first volume in their groundbreaking History of Woman
Suffrage series - a series that eventually went on to fill 5700
pages and lend weight to a movement that changed the course of
history for ever. Taking its dedication from the first volume of
the History - to the memory of pioneering women whose 'earnest
lives and fearless words... have been, in the preparation of these
pages, a constant inspiration' - this volume collects together four
essays that give an insight into the work as a whole, and provide a
rounded introduction to the history of women's suffrage on both
sides of the Atlantic.
This classic history of woman's oppression is one of the first
attempts to document the sad legacy of injustice and discrimination
against women, which is unfortunately inseparable from the history
of both Christianity and the evolution of the Western state.
Beginning in the pre-Christian era, where she finds more evidence
of freedom for women than in subsequent eras, pioneering women's
rights advocate Matilda Joslyn Gage traces the patterns of male
domination in both church and state that kept women in virtual
bondage. Among the topics of her research is the medieval
exaltation of celibacy as an expression of the male belief that
women were unclean and the cause of original sin, the gross
discrimination against women in canon law, abuse of women in the
feudal system, the persecution of women as witches, the virtual
slave status of wives and their almost total legal subjugation to
their husbands, toleration of polygamy, the debilitating drudgery
of woman's daily work, and the widespread opposition to women's
education by both church and state.
Perhaps the most farseeing and radical of the early feminists, Gage
had the vision to realize that society's fundamental institutions
had to be drastically reformed before women would begin to enjoy
equal rights. Many of her concerns sound very modern: she deplored
the unequal treatment of the prostitute vs. her client, the
practice of non-conviction or of pardoning in rape trials, unequal
pay, wife battering, the sexual abuse of female children, and many
other abuses that only today are being seriously addressed.
Originally published in 1893, this work was the fruit of twenty
years of research and should be read by everyone who supports
equality between men and women.
This new edition is complemented by an introduction by renowned
author, lecturer, and historical performer Sally Roesch Wagner, who
helped found one of the country's first programs in women's
studies. She is executive director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage
Foundation.
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History of Woman Suffrage; - 5
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B 1820-1906 Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage
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Discovery Miles 11 610
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
"Woman, Church and State" A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE STATUS OF
WOMAN THROUGH THE CHRISTIAN AGES: WITH REMINISCENCES OF THE
MATRIARCHATE: is among many works of Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage
(Cicero, New York, March 24, 1826 - March 18, 1898 in Chicago) who
was a suffragist, a Native American activist, an abolitionist, a
freethinker, and a prolific author, born with a hatred of
oppression.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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