Frederick Douglass on Women''s Rights

Informationen zum Autor Philip S. Foner, is emeritus professor of history at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. Among his many books are the four-volume History of Black Americans, the nine-volume History of the Labor Movement in the United States, and the two-volume Women and the American Labor Movement. Klappentext This book collects the speeches and writings of Frederick Douglass on women's rights. Since suffrage was the major concern of the movement, the issue of voting is primary of Douglass's themes; however he also spoke and wrote resolutely on the need for women to reach their full potential by participating in every phase of American society and in every aspect of decision-making. Zusammenfassung "In their long, continuing struggle for equality, American women have had to rely primarily on their own resources, which have been considerable. Yet many men have helped advance their cause. Perhaps f"

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• Authors: Frederick Douglass, Frederick Foner Douglass, Philip Foner, Philip S. Foner, Philip S. Douglass Foner
• Assisted by: Philip Sheldon Foner (Editor)
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1992
• EAN: 9780306804892
• ISBN: 978-0-306-80489-2
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Essays, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays, United States of America, USA, Feminism and feminist theory, Human rights, civil rights