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This wide-ranging survey of underappreciated feminist thinkers recovers a series of strikingly original contributions to political theory
List of contents
Illustrations
Introduction
1 Mercy Otis Warren, the So-Called "Republican" Patriot
1
The Legacy of Mercy 's Brother
2
Jemmy 's Sister: Never a Servile Servian
3
Subjugated People
4
Defining "Republican"
5
Mercy Otis Warren as a "Republican"
2 Louise Michel: Neither a Red Nor a Virgin?
1
Michel the Heroine of France
2
Michel the Anarchist
3 The Originality and Political Philosophy of Victoria C. Woodhull
1
The Originality of Victoria C. Woodhull
2
Victoria C. Woodhull as a Political Theorist
4 The Seductiveness of Tennie C. Claflin and of Her Ideas
1
Appearance
2
Marriage, Equality, and Social Change
3
Poverty
5 Lois Waisbrooker: Anarchist Opponent of Marriage
1
Waisbrooker 's Feminism
2
Waisbrooker 's Anarchism
3
Free Love
4
Spiritualism
5
No to Marriage
6 Itō Noe, Japanese Anarchist Follower of Emma Goldman
1
Anarchism
2
Free Love
7 The Radicalism of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1
The Bible as a Weapon Used Against Women
2
Marriage and Divorce
3
Self-Sovereignty and the Solitude of Self
8 Margaret Sanger: The Scientist of Human Salvation
1
Sanger 's Anarchist Influences
2
Not a Marxist
3
Not a Racist
4
Birth Control and a New Morality
9 Forever an Anarchist: Mollie Steimer
1
Russia Attacked: Two Leaflets
2
Deported
10 Rose Pesotta, the Working Anarchist
1
Pesotta as an Anarchist Theorist
2
Pesotta as an Anarchist Union Activist
Conclusion: Liberty Lost
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Steve J. Shone, Ph.D. (1992), University of California-Riverside, has taught at a number of colleges, including Winona State University, Gonzaga University, and the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. He is the author of Lysander Spooner: American Anarchist (Lexington Books, 2010) and American Anarchism (Brill, 2013; paperback edition Haymarket Books, 2014).
Summary
This wide-ranging survey of underappreciated feminist thinkers recovers a series of strikingly original contributions to political theory
