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The Awakening
Kate Chopin
21 days •
ⓘ 1899 • Set in turn-of-the-century New Orleans, Edna struggles against expectations of her to be a conforming wife and mother in this landmark work of early feminism.
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
2 days •
ⓘ 1892 • Witness a woman's descent into madness in this unsettling, important early work of American feminist literature.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
37 days •
ⓘ 1792 • One of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. Wollstonecraft argues women deserve the same fundamental rights as men, should not be treated as property to be traded in marriage, and should have access to education.
The Subjection of Women
John Stuart Mill
16 days •
ⓘ 1869 • Mill argues men and women are equal and deserve equal rights - including the right to vote. Such equality benefits all of society.
Herland
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
24 days •
ⓘ 1915 • A quest for an undiscovered land rumored to consist entirely of women uncovers a utopia free from war and domination.
The Crux
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
20 days •
ⓘ 1910 • A group of women head west to start a boarding house for men in this important early feminist work.
Sultana's Dream
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
2 days •
ⓘ 1905 • A glimpse of a futuristic feminist utopia where men are locked away, workdays are 2 hours long, and crime is nonexistent.
A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen
13 days •
ⓘ 1879 • Arriving “like a bomb” in Victorian society, Ibsen’s play portrays the hypocrisy of marriage and celebrates individuality over the prescribed roles society hands down.
The Pivot of Civilization
Margaret Sanger
19 days •
ⓘ 1922 • Women's rights activist Margaret Sanger writes in favor of birth control, explaining its benefits for society as a whole. Intertwined is the problematic then fashionable "science" of eugenics and dealing with "defectives."
Anarchism and Other Essays
Emma Goldman
22 days •
ⓘ 1910 • Influential essays on feminism and sexuality, anarchism and political violence from Russian-American philosopher Emma Goldman.
Mizora: A Prophecy
Mary E. Bradley Lane
18 days •
ⓘ 1880 • A novel of an all-female society, "the first feminist technological Utopia," through the eyes of an outsider. A blend utopian equality and troubling racism.
Moving the Mountain
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
17 days •
ⓘ 1911 • A feminist utopian novel envisioning an America of 1940 "beyond Socialism" with no poverty and wide ranging equality.
Unveiling a Parallel
Alice Ilgenfritz Jones & Ella Merchant
15 days •
ⓘ 1893 • A satirical feminist utopian novel contrasting two societies on Mars, both with equality between the sexes.
Women and Economics
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
23 days •
ⓘ 1898 • Gilman advocates for women changing their cultural identity, becoming economically independent for the betterment of themselves and society.
Josephine E. Butler
Josephine E. Butler
30 days •
ⓘ 1909 • Autobiography of Victorian feminist and social reformer Josephine Butler, who fought for women's suffrage, against human trafficking and child prostitution.
Lolly Willowes
Sylvia Townsend Warner
16 days •
ⓘ 1926 • Stifled by her family and the duties expected of a woman, Lolly Willowes shockingly moves alone to the countryside where a life of witchcraft awaits.
Poetry
Voltairine de Cleyre
11 days •
ⓘ 1911 • Collected works of prominent American anarchist Voltairine de Cleyre whose poetry touches on women's liberation, anti-capitalism, and anti-clericalism.
Theodore Savage
Cicely Hamilton
19 days •
ⓘ 1922 • A humble civil servant must survive in a harsh new reality after sudden war destroys modern civilization in this post-WWI novel by a celebrated women’s rights activist.
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