The documents in this paperback inform the reader's understanding and appreciation of the social and political context of opposition in which the advocates of women's rights labored from 1848 to 1996. Arranged in six parts by historical periods, these original articles from mainstream magazines, specialized and academic journals, and books display the tone and substance of opposition to women's rights as it appeared in popular literature. The selections reflect the public campaign, fought in the popular press, of opponents to the fundamental goal of all aspects of movement for women's rights, to challenge the gender system by advocating equality for women.
Gillian Swanson is Senior Lecturer in the School of Cultural Studies at the University of the West of England. She is co-editor (with Christine Gledhill) of Nationalizing Femininity: Culture, Sexuality, and Cinemain Britain in World War Two (Manchester University Press, 1996), and co-author (with Patricia Wise) of Going forBroke: Women's Participation in the Arts and CulturalIndustries (1998).
Introduction Part I: 1852 - 1890 Men's Rights Convention at -: Extrordinary Proceedings, Exciting Scenes, and Curious Speeches,ChericotAuthentic Particulars of Alarming Disturbances Consequent on the Late Men's Rights Convention at, ChericotIntellectual Culture of Woman, Alexander H. SandsEducation of the Female SexWoman, Her Rights, Wrongs, Privileges, and Responsibilities: Containing a Sketch of Her Position in Education, L.P. BrockettWoman's Rights Viewed Physiologically and HistoricallyCitizenship, its Rights and Duties: Woman Suffrage, David Augustus StrakerThe Present Legal Rights of Women (October 1890), Samuel Williams CooperPart II: 1898 - 1918 The Unquiet Sex: Third Paper - Women and Reforms, Helen Watterson MoodyWhen the College is Hurtful to a Girl, S. Weir MitchellThe Restless Woman, J. Cardinal GibbonsThe Irresponsible Woman and the Friendless Child, Ida M. TarbellThe Renaissance of Woman, Arthur StringerThe Brute in Man as an Argument Against FeminismFeminism and Socialism, Fred Perry PowersSome Considerations Affecting the Replacement of Men by Women Workers, Josephine GoldmarkPart III: 1924 - 1932 Are Women's Clubs Used by Bolshevists?, Henry FordThe Unfemale Feminine, Anthony BertramFeminism Destructive of Woman's Happiness, Gina Lombroso FerreroFanatical Females, John Leonard ColeSex Inferiority, Ruth Allison HudnutCocksure Women and Hensure Men, Harry T. MooreAre Ten Too Many?, Marjorie WellsA Woman's Invasion of a Famous Public School and How Men Endured ItPart IV: 1945 - 1956 An Objective View, S.H. HalfordTrend of National Intelligence: Loss of Sexual Instinct by the Highly Educated Woman, S.H. HalfordMy Great-Grandmothers Were Happy, Priscilla RobertsonThe Passage Through College, Mervin B. FreemanWomen, Husbands, and History, Adlai E. StevensonThe Found Generation, David RiesmanPart V: 1968 - 1982 Sex UnwantedThe Abortion Debate, Ralph B. Potter, Jr.Excerpts from Sexual Suicide, George GliderExcerpts from The Total Woman,Marabel MorganLord Teach Me to Submit, Anita BryantThe Feminist Movement, Jerry FalwellThe Intelligent Woman's Guide to Feminism, Midge DecterPart VI: 1985 - 1993 The Feminist Mistake: Sexual Equality and the Decline of the American Military, Jean YarbroughThe International Patriarchy, Arne SaknussemmThe Failure of Feminism, Kay EblingWrong on Rape: Neither Naming Rape Victims Against Their Will, Nor Broadening the Definition of Rape to Include Seduction, Helps the Cause of FeminismWhy I Am Not a Feminist: Some Remarks on the Problem of Gender Identity in the U.S. and Poland, Mira MarodyAcknowledgments