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Informationen zum Autor Martine Monacelli is Professor Emeritus at the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis Klappentext In the nineteenth-century feminist pantheon, John Stuart Mill and William Thompson have always loomed large, eclipsing the many other men of thought, letters and action who worked to promote women's rights. This anthology aims to shed light on these under-appreciated figures by bringing together a unique collection of seminal, little-known and forgotten writings ranging from 1809 to 1913. The texts - drawn from diaries, essays, parliamentary speeches, pamphlets, newspaper articles and sermons - testify to the part played by the radical tradition, liberal political culture, religious dissent and economic criticism in the development of women's politics in nineteenth-century Britain. They also provide insight into the tensions, contradictions and ambiguities of position provoked by shifting patterns of masculinity and re-definitions of femininity, and will help revise common assumptions and misconceptions regarding male attitudes to sex equality.With a substantial historical introduction that adds value to the interpretative framework preceding all selected extracts, Male voices on women's rights is a timely complement to the rare scholarly studies undertaken in recent years on men's roles in the history of feminism, and will be of interest to students and scholars alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Comrades in struggle 1 'Arouse! Awake! Rescue your sex' (William Thompson, 1825)2 'Throw off the degrading yoke' (R. J. Richardson, 1840)3 The root causes of women's subjection (J. S. Mill, 1869)4 Against the sexual double standard (W. T. Stead, 1885)5 'A thousand-times-told tale' (Edward Aveling and Eleanor Marx Aveling, 1886)6 The time is come to act (George Holyoake, 1892)7 'Woman ... cast aside the chains' (R. P. Downes, 1900)8 Banding together in the fight for human liberty (Dr W. Moore Ede, 1912)9 What is feminism? (W. L. George, 1913) Part II: Provisions to be made for the education of women 1 The cultivation of a woman's understanding (The Rev. Sydney Smith, 1809) 2 What is learnt from teaching girls (The Rev. F. D. Maurice, 1865) 3 'The highest aim of any true system of education' (W. Cooke Taylor, 1868)4 A system of public education for girls (Charles Kingsley, 1869)5 'They will not be unsexed by education' (Alexander Grant, 1872)6 Admission of women to University degrees (William Forsyth, 1875)7 Progress in the cause of women's higher education (The Rev. J. L. Davies, 1879)8 Are women's brains inferior to men's? (D. G. Ritchie, 1889)9 'The moral benefits of co-education' (The Rev. Cecil Grant, 1908) Part III: The vindication of women's civil rights 1 A proposal to make marriage a civil contract (W. B. Adams, 1833)2 'Talents merely to fold in a napkin?' (W. J. Fox, 1833)3 A law to protect married women's property (Lord Brougham, 1857)4 'The remnant of an old barbarous law' (Arthur Hobhouse, 1870)5 A question of justice (Henry Fawcett, 1873)6 A eugenicist point of view on the marriage question (Karl Pearson, 1885)7 'A sanatorium with female attendants' (Henry W. Nevinson, 1909)8 'Why I went to prison' (Victor D. Duval, 1910) 9 Women's share in the Co-operative movement (Joseph Clayton, 1912) Part IV: Towards a new sexual culture 1 'The most important discovery made upon mankind' (Richard Carlile, 1826) 2 A man's devotion to his children (William Cobbett, 1829)3 United only by nature's laws (Robert Owen, 1844) 4 'The return of powerful sexual feelings' (G. R. Drysdale, 1855) 5 A father's role in the education of his children (J. R. Seeley, 1870)6 A Malthusian view of married life (Montague Cookson, 1872) 7 'A new code of manners between the sexes' (Edward Carpenter, 1896) 8 A new age about to commence (The Rev. Frederick A. M. Spencer, 1912)9 'A new avatar of love' (Havelock Ellis, 1912)Index...
