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The Early Feminists

Radical Unitarians and the Emergence of the Women's Rights Movement, 1831-51

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  • © 1995

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Authors:
  1. Kathryn Gleadle

    1. Department of History, University of Warwick, England

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Part of the book series: Studies in Gender History (SGH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Kathryn Gleadle
    Pages 1-7

  3. Freedom and Patriarchy — The Unitarian Background

    • Kathryn Gleadle
    Pages 8-32

  4. ‘The Assemblage of the Just’ — the Radical Unitarians

    • Kathryn Gleadle
    Pages 33-70

  5. ‘The Stream of Freedom’ — Democracy and Domestic Mores

    • Kathryn Gleadle
    Pages 71-106

  6. ‘Merely a Question of Bargain and Sale’: Law Reform and the Union of the Sexes

    • Kathryn Gleadle
    Pages 107-139

  7. The Whittington Clubs

    • Kathryn Gleadle
    Pages 140-170

  8. Conclusion: The Reception, Significance and Influence of the Early Feminists

    • Kathryn Gleadle
    Pages 171-189

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 190-266
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About this book

This book redefines the origins of the women's rights campaigns in Britain. Contrary to the existing historiography, which argues that the Victorian Feminist movement began in the 1850s, this book, by bringing to light a wealth of unused sources, demonstrates that a vibrant community existed during the 1830s and 1840s. Previously neglected, this remarkable group of writers and reformers established both the ideologies and personnel network which provided the foundations of the women's rights campaigns of the coming decades.

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  • Department of History, University of Warwick, England

    Kathryn Gleadle

About the author

KATHRYN GLEADLE teaches history at the University of Warwick and is currently working on a text on nineteenth century women and a feminist anthology.

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