The feminist papers : from Adams to de Beauvoir / edited and with introductory essays by Alice S. Rossi.

Toronto ; New York ; London : Bantam Books, 1974.

xix, 716 pages ; 18 cm

Originally published: New York : London : Columbia University Press, 1973.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-716).

Preface : feminist lives and works -- Reason shall set us free : feminism and the Enlightenment perspective. Introduction : analysis versus action -- "Remember the ladies" : Abigail Adams vs. John Adams, selected letters from the Adams family correspondence -- Away from pudding and garments: Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820) -- On the equality of the sexes / Judith Sargent Murray -- Champion of womankind : Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) -- Vindication on the rights of woman / Mary Wollstonecraft -- Woman of action : Frances Wright (1795-1852) -- Education / Frances Wright -- Of free inquiry / Frances Wright -- First woman sociologist : Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) -- Society in America / Harriet Martineau -- Making of a cosmopolitan humanist : Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) -- Great lawsuit : man versus men, woman versus women / Margaret Fuller -- Prestige from the other sex : John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) -- Subjection of women / John Stuart Mill.

Pioneers on a moral crusade : feminism and status politics. Introduction : social roots of the woman's movement in America -- From abolition to sex equality : Sarah Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina Grimké (1805-1879) -- Appeal to the Christian women of the South / Angelina Grimké -- Letters on the equality of the sexes and the condition of women / Sarah Grimké -- Letters to Catherine Beecher / Angelina Grimké -- Blackwell clan -- Medicine as a profession for women / Elizabeth, Emily Blackwell -- Sex and evolution / Antoinette Brown Blackwell -- Feminist friendship : Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) and Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) -- Motherhood / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Introduction to The Woman's Bible / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Along the suffrage trail -- Selections from the History of Woman Suffrage -- Seneca Falls Convention -- Reminiscences of Emily Collins -- Akron Convention -- Newport Convention -- Kansas Campaign of 1867 -- Political equality for women.

Bread comes first. Introduction : feminism and class politics -- Marriage and property : Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) -- Origin of the family / Friedrich Engels -- Working class socialist : August Bebel (1840-1913) -- Woman and socialism / August Bebel -- Red Emma on women : Emma Goldman (1869-1940) -- Tragedy of woman's emancipation / Emma Goldman -- Right to one's body : Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) -- My fight for birth control / Margaret Sanger -- Birth control : a parent's problem or woman's? / Margaret Sanger -- Beware the state : Suzanne LaFollette (b. 1893) -- Concerning women / Suzanne LaFollette -- Militant Madonna : Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) -- Women and economics / Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Pioneer on the urban frontier : Jane Addams (1860-1935) -- Utilization of women in city government / Jane Addams.

Sex is a many sided thing. Introduction : feminism and intellectual complexity -- Guineas and Locks : Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) -- Room of one's own / Virginia Woolf -- Cultural stretch : Margaret Mead (b. 1901) -- Sex and temperament / Margaret Mead -- Not so rebellious "other" : Simone de Beauvoir (b. 1908) -- Second sex / Simone de Beauvoir.