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Subject(s)

• Feminism—Italy—History [Browse]
• Feminism—England—History [Browse]
• Women and literature—Italy—History [Browse]
• Women and literature—England—History [Browse]

Summary note

Ross demonstrates how the expanding ranks of learned women in the Renaissance era presented the first significant challenge to the traditional definition of "woman" in the West. The Birth of Feminism demonstrates that because of their education, these women laid the foundation for the emancipation of womankind.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Introduction
• Her father's daughter
• Household academies in Venice and London
• The biographical tradition
• Models of feminist argument
• Learned wives and mothers in italy
• Collaborative marriages in Britain
• Discourses of equality and rights
• Conclusion.

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ISBN

• 0-674-26685-4
• 0-674-05453-9

OCLC

• 649915918
• 654443161

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