A biography of one of the first leaders of the women's rights movement, whose work led to women's right to vote.

Product Description: The year 1848 was a year of revolution. In Europe, the German philosopher of communism Karl Marx published The Communist Manifesto, the British philosopher of liberalism John Stuart Mill published The Principles of Political Economy, and a small number of communitarian socialist women in France demanded their own political rights in the midst of an uprising that overthrew the French monarchy...read more

Looks at the work of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, and Jane Addams on behalf of women's rights.

Describes the experiences of women slaves, looks at the beginning of the women's rights movement, and discusses the role of women in the Civil War

Product Description: The first 10 volumes of The Young Oxford History of Women in the United States trace the path women followed over the past four centuries and tell the stories of individuals--famous and less well-known--who fought for women's social and political equality...read more

Featuring excerpts from diaries, memoirs, and other primary documents from the time, along with vintage photographs, a history traces the role of women--leaders, teachers, physicians, maids, and prostitutes--in the settlement of the West from 1840 to 1910. UP.