Liberation Deferred?: The Ideas of the English-Canadian Suffragists Tapa blanda - 1983

University of Toronto Press. Near Fine. 1983. Softcover. 0802064663 . Tight crisp unmarked book in barely rubbed covers with small surface peel to lower rear edge. ; Social History of Canada; 0.65 x 8.7 x 5.34 Inches; 203 pages .

University of Toronto Press Previous Owner Markings (Including Underlining, Notations); Light Creasing on Spine; Front Cover Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. SUB-TITLE: The Ideas of the English-Canadian Suffragists, 1877-1918. SYNOPSIS: Liberation Deferred? forms part on an on-going debate on the nature of "first-wave feminism" - the turn-of-the-century woman suffrage movement. Historians have at times castigated the women of this movement for accepting and reinforcing traditional sex-role stereotypes for women. More recently, emphasis has been placed on their solid contribution to female liberation as they extended woman's domain from the domestic to the public sphere. This book goes behind the rhetoric and politicking, to analyse the basis of the ideology of the men and women who campaigned for female enfranchisement. It focuses upon the English-speaking suffragists, looks briefly at the history of the suffrage societies, and traces their other… Leer más

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