List of American feminist literature

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Feminist literature is fiction or nonfiction which supports the feminist goals of defining, establishing and defending equal civil, political, economic and social rights for women. It often identifies women's roles as unequal to those of men – particularly as regards status, privilege and power – and generally portrays the consequences to women, men, families, communities and societies as undesirable.

The following is a list of American feminist literature listed by year of first publication, then within the year alphabetically by title. Books and magazines are in italics, all other types of literature are not and are in quotation marks. References lead when possible to a link to the full text of the literature.

  • Letters on Women's Rights, Abigail and John Adams (1776)[1]
  • Desultory Thoughts upon the Utility of Encouraging a Degree of Self-Complacency, Especially in Female Bosoms, Judith Sargent Murray (1784)[2]
  • "On the Equality of the Sexes", Judith Sargent Murray, from The Massachusetts Magazine, or, Monthly Museum Concerning the Literature, History, Politics, Arts, Manners, Amusements of the Age, Vol. II (1790)[3]

19th century

1810s–1820s

  • "An Address to the Public; Particularly to the Members of the Legislature of New-York, Proposing a Plan for Improving Female Education", Emma Willard (1819)
  • "Men and Women; Brief Hypothesis concerning the Difference in their Genius", John Neal (1824)[4]

1830s

  • "Marriage Law Protest", Robert Dale Owen (1832)[5]
  • The History of the Condition of Women in Various Ages and Nations, Lydia Maria Child (1835)[6]
  • Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, Sarah Grimke (1837)
  • "Remarks Comprising in Substance Judge Hertell's Argument in the House of Assembly in the State of New York in the Session of 1837 in Support of the Bill to Restore to Married Women the 'Right of Property' as Guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States", Judge Thomas Hertell (1837)
  • The Times that Try Men's Souls, Maria Weston Chapman (1837)[7]

1840s

1850s

1860s

1870s

  • "About Marrying Too Young" from The Revolution, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1870)[36]
  • "Are Women A Class?", Lillie Blake (1870)[37]
  • Endorsing Women's Enfranchisement, Adelle Hazlett (1871)[38]
  • Hit: Essays on Women's Rights, Mary Edwards Walker (1871)
  • On the Progress of Education and Industrial Avocations for Women, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1871)[39]
  • "Put Us In Your Place" from The Revolution, Lillie Blake (1871)[40]
  • On Woman's Right to Suffrage, Susan B. Anthony (1872)[41]
  • "Sentencing of Susan B. Anthony for the Crime of Voting" (1873)[42]
  • "Uncivil Liberty: An Essay to Show the Injustice and Impolicy of Ruling Woman Without Her Consent", Ezra Heywood (1873)
  • Woman: Man's Equal, Thomas Webster (1873)[43]
  • "Women's Temperance Movement", Mark Twain (1873)[44]
  • Papa's Own Girl, Marie Howland (1874)
  • Blackwell, Antoinette (1976) [first published 1875]. The Sexes Throughout Nature. Hyperion Press. ISBN 0-88355-349-X.[45]
  • "Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States", National Woman Suffrage Association, July 4, 1876[46]

1880s

1890s

20th century

21st century

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI