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The Birth of Feminism : Woman As Intellect in Renaissance Italy and England.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (416 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674054530
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Birth of FeminismDDC classification:
  • 305.42/09/42
LOC classification:
  • HQ1641
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Note on the Texts -- Introduction -- I. The Household Academy, 1400-1580 -- 1. Her Father's Daughter -- 2. Household Academies in Venice and London -- 3. The Biographical Tradition -- 4. Models of Feminist Argument -- II. The Household Salon, 1580-1680 -- 5. Learned Wives and Mothers in Italy -- 6. Collaborative Marriages in Britain -- 7. Discourses of Equality and Rights -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Note on the Texts -- Introduction -- I. The Household Academy, 1400-1580 -- 1. Her Father's Daughter -- 2. Household Academies in Venice and London -- 3. The Biographical Tradition -- 4. Models of Feminist Argument -- II. The Household Salon, 1580-1680 -- 5. Learned Wives and Mothers in Italy -- 6. Collaborative Marriages in Britain -- 7. Discourses of Equality and Rights -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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