White Women's Rights: The Racial Origins of Feminism in the United States (1999)

White Women's Rights: The Racial Origins of Feminism in the United States PDF
by louise michele newman


Contents
Introduction:
Woman’s Rights, Race, and Imperialism 3
1
Evolution, Woman’s Rights, and Civilizing Missions 22
2
The Making of a White Female Citizenry:
Suffragism, Antisuffragism, and Race 56
3
The Politics of Patriarchal Protection:
Debates over Coeducation and Special
Labor Legislation for Women 86
4
A Feminist Explores Africa:
May French-Sheldon’s Subversion
of Patriarchal Protection 102
5
Assimilating Primitives:
The “Indian Problem” as a “Woman Question” 116
6
Eliminating Sex Distinctions from Civilization:
The Feminist Theories of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
and Mary Roberts Smith Coolidge 132
7
Coming of Age, but Not in Samoa:
Reflections on Margaret Mead’s
Legacy to Western Liberal Feminism 158
Conclusion:
Coming to Terms 181
Notes 187
Selected Bibliography 229