Infidel Feminism: Secularism, Religion and Women's Emancipation, England 1830-1914
Author:   Laura Schwarz ,  Pamela Sharpe ,  Penny Summerfield ,  Lynn Abrams
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9780719085826


Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 February 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Infidel Feminism: Secularism, Religion and Women's Emancipation, England 1830-1914


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The first in-depth study of a distinctive brand of women's rights that emerged out of the Victorian Secularist movement. It looks at the lives and work of a number of female activists, whose renunciation of religion shaped their struggle for emancipation. Anti-religious or secular ideas were fundamental to the development of feminist thought. -- .

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Author:   Laura Schwarz ,  Pamela Sharpe ,  Penny Summerfield ,  Lynn Abrams
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780719085826


ISBN 10:   0719085829
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   01 February 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Freethinking Feminists: women in the Freethought movement 2. Counter-Conversions: Freethinking feminists and the renunciation of religion 3. Preachers of Truth: Women's activism in the Secularist movement 4. Infidel Feminism: Feminism in the Freethought movement 5. Freethinking feminists and the women's movement 6. Freethought and Free Love? Marriage, birth control and sexual morality Conclusion Select bibliography Index -- .

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Laura Schwartz is Assistant Professor of Modern British History at the University of Warwick -- .

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