From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World Volume III: Infernos and Paradises: The Triumph of Capitalism in the 19th Century (Origins Book 3)

Writing about what she calls the "most cheering period in female history," international best-selling author Marilyn French recounts how nineteenth century women living under imperialism, industrialization, and capitalism organized for their own education, a more equitable wage, and the vote. Abstract: Writing about what she calls the "most cheering period in female history," international best-selling author Marilyn French recounts how nineteenth century women living under imperialism, industrialization, and capitalism organized for their own education, a more equitable wage, and the vote

From the New York Times –bestselling author: "A rare find: a page-turning, can't-put-it-down history text." — Library Journal Writing about what she calls the "most cheering period in female history, " Marilyn French recounts how nineteenth-century women living under imperialism, industrialization, and capitalism nonetheless organized for their own education, a more equitable wage, and the vote. Focusing on the United States, Great Britain, and countries in Africa, French argues that capitalism's success depended on the exploitation and enslavement of huge numbers, including women, but the act of working outside the home alongside other women, rather than in isolation, provided women with the possibility of organizing for emancipation. "The third volume of her remarkable four-volume survey... fascinating insight and detail." — Publishers Weekly

Content: C O N T E N T S FOREWORD by Margaret Atwood ix INTRODUCTION 1 CAPITALISM TRIUMPHANT 17 CHAPTER 1: IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA 19 CHAPTER 2: INDUSTRIALIZATION 48 CHAPTER 3: UTOPIANISM AND SOCIALISM 87 CHAPTER 4: MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN IN ENGLAND 128 CHAPTER 5: MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR 160 CHAPTER 6: THE CIVIL WAR AND ITS AFTER MATH 198 CHAPTER 7: WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN 233 CHAPTER 8: LABOR MOVEMENTS 255 CHAPTER 9: THE WAR AGAINST WOMEN 308 NOTES 332 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 353 Map of the World: Peters Projection 364. Index 367. Acclaimed author Marilyn French creates a lively women's history of imperialism, industrialization, and women's rights