The Feminist Promise: 1792 to the Present

Inthisdefinitivevolume,respectedhistorianChristineStanselltellsthestoryofoneofthegreatdemocraticmovementsofourtimes.Shepaintsrichlydetailedportraitsofwell-knownleaders—MaryWollstonecraft,ElizabethCadyStanton,BettyFriedan—butothers,too,appearinanewlight,includingRuthBaderGinsburgandToniMorrison.Accountingforthefailuresoffeminismaswellasthesuccesses,Stansellnotestheemergenceintheearly1900softhedashing“NewWoman”;thepassingoftheNineteenthAmendment,whichgrantedwomentherighttovote;thepost–WorldWarIIcollapseofsuburbanneo-Victorianism;theradicalfeminismofthe1960s;andthefightforwomen’srightsindevelopingcountriesintheeraofinternationalfeministmovements.Asoaringwork,TheFeministPromiseisboundtobecomeanauthoritativesourceonthisessentialsubjectfordecadestocome.