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Feminism for Beginners
by Susan Alice Watkins, Marta Rodriguez, Marisa Rueda
"Men and women are made for each other, but their mutual dependence is not equal. We could survive without [women] better than they could without [men]. They are dependent on our feelings, on the price we put on their merits, on the value we set on their attractions and on their virtues. Thus women's entire education should be planned in relation to men. To please men, to be useful to them, to win their love and respect, to raise them as children, to care for them as adults, counsel and console them, make their lives sweet and pleasant," ~Jean-Jaques Rousseau, 1762
Although author Susan Alice Watkins gives respectful nods to pioneers like the Greek poet Sappho (650 b.c.e.) and Joan of Arc (1412-1431), her chronology of feminist history really begins with Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) and her publication of A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792). She follows this up with 200 years of highlights and lowlights of the excruciatingly slow evolution and progression of women's rights.
Why is this taking so long? Why is equal worth not common sense? I look at the state of the world today and I see very modest change, and, in some arenas, no change at all. My edition of Feminism for Beginners was published in 1992 and it does not speak well of Ronald Reagan and his misogynistic policies. I wonder how Watkins would respond to 2016 and the election of a man who makes Ronald Reagan look like Gloria Steinem?
This is a nice introduction to feminist history and thought. My only complaint is with the illustrations, some of which are a little sophomoric and crude. Subject matter this important deserves better artwork.
Although author Susan Alice Watkins gives respectful nods to pioneers like the Greek poet Sappho (650 b.c.e.) and Joan of Arc (1412-1431), her chronology of feminist history really begins with Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) and her publication of A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792). She follows this up with 200 years of highlights and lowlights of the excruciatingly slow evolution and progression of women's rights.
Why is this taking so long? Why is equal worth not common sense? I look at the state of the world today and I see very modest change, and, in some arenas, no change at all. My edition of Feminism for Beginners was published in 1992 and it does not speak well of Ronald Reagan and his misogynistic policies. I wonder how Watkins would respond to 2016 and the election of a man who makes Ronald Reagan look like Gloria Steinem?
This is a nice introduction to feminist history and thought. My only complaint is with the illustrations, some of which are a little sophomoric and crude. Subject matter this important deserves better artwork.