Women's Emancipation Movements in the Nineteenth Century : A European Perspective

Annotation The Nineteenth Century, A Time Of Far-reaching Cultural, Political, And Socio-economic Transformation In Europe, Brought About Fundamental Changes In The Role Of Women. Women Achieved This By Fighting For Their Rights In The Legal, Economic, And Political Spheres. In The Various Parts Of Europe, This Process Went Forward At Different Paces And Followed Different Patterns. Most Historical Research Up To Now Has Ignored This Diversity, Preferring To Focus On Women's Emancipation Movements In Major Western European Countries Such As Britain And France. The Present Volume Provides A Broader Context To The Movement By Including Countries, Both Large And Small, From All Regions Of Europe. Fourteen Historians, All Of Them Specialists In Women's History, Examine The Origins And Development Of Women's Emancipation Movements In Their Respective Areas Of Expertise. By Exploring The Cultural And Political Diversity Of Nineteenth-century Europe And At The Same Time Pointing Out Connections To Questions Explored By Conventional Scholarship, The Essays Shed New Light On Common Developments And Problems. Concepts And Issues / Sylvia Paletschek And Bianka Pietrow-ennker -- Challenging Male Hegemony / Karen Offen -- Recovering Lost Political Cultures / Jane Rendall -- History And Historiography Of First-wave Femenism In The Netherlands, 1860-1922 / Mineke Bosch -- French Feminist Movement And Republicanism, 1868-1914 / Florence Rochefort -- Women's Movement In Germany In An International Context / Ute Gerhard -- Modernity And The Norwegian Women's Movement From The 1880s To 1914 / Ida Blom -- Gender And Feminism In Sweden / Ulla Manns -- Emancipation Of Women For The Benefit Of The Nation / Jitka Malečková -- Sisters Or Foes / Judith Szapor -- Polish Women's Movement To 1914 / Bogna Lorence-kot And Adam Winiarz -- Feminism And Equality In An Authoritarian State / Linda Edmondson -- Rise Of The Women's Movement In Nineteenth-century Spain / Mary Nash -- National And Gender Identit In Turn-of-the Century Greece / Eleni Varikas -- British And American Feminism / Christine Bolt -- Women's Emancipation Movements In Europe In The Long Nineteenth Century / Sylvia Paletschek And Bianka Pietrow-ennker. Edited By Sylvia Paletschek And Bianka Pietrow-ennker. The Contributions In This Collection Were Originally Written For A Conference At Stuttgart, Germany--ack. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [337]-418) And Index. This collection of essays gives a picture of the women's movements throughout Europe in a time of far-reaching cultural, political and socio-economic transformations: the end of the 19th century and the start of 20th century. The book contains: Challenging male hegemony: feminist criticism and the context for women's movements in the age of European revolutions and counterrevolutions, 1789-1860 / by Karen Offen; Recovering lost political cultures: British feminisms, 1860-1900 / by Jane Rendall; History and historiography of first wave feminism in the Netherlands, 1860-1922 / by Mineke Bosch; The French feminist movement and republicanism, 1868-1914 / by Florence Rochefort; The women's movements in Germany in an international context / by Ute Gerhard; Modernity and the Norwegian women's movements from the 1880s to 1914: changes and continuities / by Ida Blom; Gender and feminism in Sweden: the Fredrika Bremer Association / by Ulla Manns; The emancipation of women for the benefit of the nation: the Czech women's movement / by Jitska Malecková; Sisters of foes: the shifting front lines of the Hungarian women' movements, 1896-1918 / by Judith Szapor; The Polish women's movement to 1914 / by Bogna Lorence-Kot and Adam Winiarz; Feminism and quality in an authoritarian state: the politics of women's liberation in late imperial Russia / by Linda Edmondson; The rise of the women's movement in Nineteenth Century Spain / by Mary Nash; National and gender identity in turn-of-the-century Greece / by Eleni Varikas; British and American feminism: personal, intellectual, and practical connections / by Christine Bolt; Women's emancipation movements in Europe in the long nineteenth century: conclusions / by Sylvia Paletschek and Bianka Pietrow-Ennker The following essays are the culmination of an international conference which was financed by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), the Baden-Wurttemberg Ministry of Science, and University of Tubingen. Papers from an international conference financed by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, and the University of Tübingen.