The fact that the emergence of American women’s literature coincided with the birth of the American women’s movement is no mere coincidence. At a time when becoming an author was seen as a male prerogative, the women’s movement gave American… Read More ›
Aside from the antislavery movement, perhaps the most significant social activism in nineteenth-century America occurred within the women’s movement. Many of America’s earliest women’s-rights activists, such as Lydia Maria Child, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, first became radicalized by… Read More ›
You must be logged in to post a comment.