feminism

Contains retellings of traditional fairy tales and myths, as well as some original fantasies each carrying a feminist message, replacing the customary beautiful heroine with strong women characters who take control of their own destinies.

A biography of the spiritualist, stock broker, publisher, lecturer, advocate of women's rights, and Presidential candidate who shocked nineteenth-century America with her revolutionary ideas and behavior.

A high school teacher uses the guise of feminist philosophy to manipulate the lives of a group of girls with chilling results.

Discusses the legal and social status of women, the contributions of outstanding women, and the role of the "average woman" during each of twelve periods in American history. Includes excerpts from writings of and about women of each period.

Traces the history of the women's rights movement in the United States, from colonial times to the early twenty-first century, through a variety of primary resources such as letters, diary entries, official government documents, newspaper articles, historical art, and photographs.

Recounts the events, movements, court cases, documents, and important figures that make up women's history in America since colonial times, with over 500 entries arranged in alphabetical order.

Offers a comprehensive overview of key developments in the women's rights movement from 1840 to 1890, focusing on the work of four women, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Susan B. Anthony, who made astonishing advances in the quest for equal rights for women during that time.