Books by Nancy Cott
“Nancy Cott is one of the founding generation of women’s historians. The Grounding of Modern Feminism traces the arrival of the term feminism in the United States.She examines the profound paradox of the feminist legacy, which is on the one hand, that feminists celebrated women’s individuality—their membership in what they called the human sex, as fully embodied individuals. But she shows that this concept of individualism is in profound tension with feminists’ sex consciousness.” Read more...
The best books on The History of Feminism
Kirsten Swinth, Historian
Interviews where books by Nancy Cott were recommended
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No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women
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The Solitude of Self: Thinking about Elizabeth Cady Stanton
by Vivian Gornick -
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The Grounding of Modern Feminism
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Welfare Warriors: The Welfare Rights Movement in the United States
by Premilla Nadasen -
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Dear Sisters: Dispatches from the Women's Liberation Movement
by Linda Gordon & Rosalyn Baxandall
The best books on The History of Feminism, recommended by Kirsten Swinth
The best books on The History of Feminism, recommended by Kirsten Swinth
The fight for women’s liberation and equality under patriarchy spans centuries of history, and is still being waged today—but what lessons can feminist movements like #MeToo learn from suffragettes and black feminist activists? Fordham historian Kirsten Swinth explores the best books on feminism, and makes a powerful case for modern feminists listening to early foremothers.
