From Eve to Dawn, A History of Women in the World, Volume IV: Revolutions and the Struggle for Justice in the 20th Century

From the author of The Women's Room, the best-selling novel that defined the issues that ignited the women's movement, comes a vibrant history of the political revolutions of the twentieth century, ending with a thoughtful investigation into feminist movements throughout the world and into the future. |||This book is sold in the US by Sony Electronics Inc. |||This book is sold in Canada by Sony Electronics Inc.

In the final installment of her four-volume feminist history, French gratifies readers with an all-encompassing view of women's major and minor 20th century victories from all corners of the globe. French honors both male and female leaders, locating feminist uprisings in such unexpected places as Turkey, where reformist president Mustapha Kemal accepted women in his army and appeared in public with his educated wife unveiled. With patience, research and an extraordinary sense of scale, French examines the effects that the current major forms of government have had on women throughout the centuries, and correlates those findings with the current social and political moment in locations throughout the world. She also tackles the subjects of religion and war, which she claims are the two modern forms of patriarchy-men's way of successfully dominating not just women but other men. Her most curious and insightful volume, this book leaves no angle unexplored. Though often wordy, French offers a striking overview of feminist theory and action alongside views uniquely her own, polishing off an exquisite history useful for both personal and classroom study. (Nov.) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.

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• Published by

  Feminist Press at The City University of New York

• Publish Date

  August 31, 2008 

• Print ISBN

  1558615849

• eBook ISBN

  9781558616288

• Imprint

  Feminist Press at The City University of New York

• Filesize

  1.10 MB

• Number of Print Pages*

  496

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