The Birth of Feminism

by Sarah Gwyneth Ross

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In this illuminating work, surveying 300 years and two nations, Sarah Gwyneth Ross demonstrates how the expanding ranks of learned women in the Renaissance era presented the first significant challenge to the traditional definition of "woman" in the West.

An experiment in collective biography and intellectual history, The Birth of Feminism focuses on nineteen learned women from the middle ranks of society who rose to prominence in...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674034546

ISBN13:9780674034549

Release Date:October 2009

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:416 Pages

Weight:1.75 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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