Beschreibung:
Erika Bachiochi offers an original look at the development of feminism in the United States, advancing a vision of rights that rests upon our responsibilities to others.
Introduction1. Mary Wollstonecraft's Moral Vision2. Men, Marriage, Law, and Government3. The Young Republic and the Unequal Virtues of the Agrarian Home4. Women's Suffrage, Rational Souls, Sexed Bodies, And the Ties that Bind5. The Industrial Revolution and the Debate Between Abstract Rights and Concrete Duties6. The "Feminine Mystique" and Human Work7. Sex Role Stereotypes and the Successful Quest for Equal Citizenship Status8. Caring for Dependency in the Logic of the Market9. Sexual Asymmetry, American Law, and the Call for a Renewed Family Ecology10. Reimagining Feminism Today in Search of Human Excellence