| INTRODUCTION |
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1. CHRISTINE DE PIZAN,
The Book of the City of Ladies (France, 1405) |
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3 | |
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2. FRANÇOIS POULLAIN DE
LA BARRE, On the Equality of the Two Sexes (France, 1673) |
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10 | |
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3. SOR JUANA INÉS DE LA CRUZ, "The Reply to Sor Philotea" (Mexico, 1691) |
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15 | |
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4. MARY ASTELL, A Serious Proposal to the Ladies (England, 1694) |
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20 | |
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5. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (England, 1792) |
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24 | |
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6. LI JU-CHEN, Flowers in the Mirror (China, c. 1800) |
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37 | |
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7. SARAH M. GRIMKÉ, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes (United States,
1837) |
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47 | |
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8. FLORA TRISTAN, "The Emancipation of
Working Class Women" (France, 1843) |
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52 | |
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9. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON,
"Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" (United States, 1848) |
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57 | |
| 10. SOJOURNER TRUTH, Two Speeches (United States, 1851, 1867) |
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63 | |
| 11. HARRIET TAYLOR MILL, "The Enfranchisement
of Women" England, 1851) |
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67 | |
| 12.
JOHN STUART MILL, The Subjection of Women (England, 1869) |
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73 | |
| 13. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, "Social Purity" (United States, 1875) |
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85 | |
| 14. HENRIK IBSEN, The Doll's House (Sweden, 1879) |
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92 | |
| 15. KISHIDA TOSHIKO, "Daughters in Boxes"
(Japan, 1883) |
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99 | |
| 16. FRIEDRICH
ENGELS, The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State (Germany, 1884) |
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104 | |
| 17. FRANCISCA DINIZ, "Equality of Rights" (Brazil, 1890) |
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112 | |
| 18. ANNA JULIA COOPER, A Voice from the South (United States, 1892) |
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116 | |
| 19. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, "The
Solitude of Self" (United States, 1892) |
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122 | |
| 20. CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN, "The Yellow Wallpaper" (United States, 1892) |
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128 | |
| 21. QASIM AMIN, The Liberation of Women (Egypt, 1899) |
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145 | |
| 22. ROKEYA SAKHAWAT HOSSAIN, "Sultana's
Dream" (India, 1905) |
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153 | |
| 23.
QIU JIN, Stones of the Fingwei Bird (China, 1905-07) |
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165 | |
| 24. EMMA GOLDMAN, "The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation" (United States, 1906) |
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168 | |
| 25. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI, "The Social Basis of the Woman Question"
(Russia, 1909) |
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175 | |
| 26. THREE
POEMS: |
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SARA ESTELA RAMIREZ, "Rise Up! To Woman" (United States, 1910) |
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YOSANO AKIKO, "The Day the Mountains Move" (Japan, 1911) |
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JAMES
OPPENHEIM, "Bread and Roses" (United States, 1911) |
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| 27. LUISA CAPETILLO, Mi opinión (Puerto Rico, 1911) |
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186 | |
| 28. EMMELINE PANKHURST, Suffrage Speech at Old Bailey (England, 1912) |
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192 | |
| 29. WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM, Resolutions
of the Zurich Conference (1919) |
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199 | |
| 30.
W.E.B. DU BOIS, "The Damnation of Women" (United States, 1919) |
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204 | |
| 31. MARGARET SANGER, Woman and the New Race (United States, 1920) |
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211 | |
| 32. SHAREEFEH HAMID ALI, "East and West in Cooperation" (India,
1935) |
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217 | |
| 33. VIRGINIA WOOLF,
Three Guineas (England, 1938) |
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220 | |
| 34.
ALVA MYRDAL, Nation and Family (Sweden, 1941) |
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231 | |
| 35. DING LING, "Thoughts on March 8" (China, 1942) |
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237 | |
| 36. HUDA SHAARAWI, Speeches at Arab Feminist Conference (Egypt, 1944) |
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243 | |
| 37. FUNMILAYO RANSOME-KUTI, "We Had Equality till Britain
Came" (Nigeria, 1947) |
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247 | |
| 38.
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, The Second Sex (France, 1949) |
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251 | |
| 39. FEDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN, Women's Charter and Aims (South Africa, 1954) |
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263 | |
| 40. BETTY FRIEDAN, The Feminine Mystique (United States,
1963) |
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269 | |
| 41. PAULI MURRAY, Testimony,
House Committee on Education and Labor (United States, 1970) |
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283 | |
| 42. PAT MAINARDI, "The Politics of Housework" (United States, 1970) |
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288 | |
| 43. BOSTON WOMEN'S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE, Our Bodies, Ourselves
(United States, 1973) |
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295 | |
| 44.
MARIAROSA DALLA COSTA, "A General Strike" (Italy, 1974) |
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300 | |
| 45. COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA, Towards Equality (India, 1974) |
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304 | |
| 46. SUSAN BROWNMILLER, Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape
(United States, 1975) |
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311 | |
| 47.
HÉLÈNS CIXOUS, "The Laugh of the Medusa" (France, 1975) |
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318 | |
| 48. COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE, "A Black Feminist Statement" (United States, 1977) |
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325 | |
| 49. AUDRE LORDE, "The Master's Tools Will
Never Dismantle the Master's House" (United States, 1979) |
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331 | |
| 50. UNITED NATIONS, CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
(1979) |
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336 | |
| 51. DOMITILA BARRIOS
DE LA CHUNGARA, "The Woman's Problem" (Bolivia, 1980) |
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346 | |
| 52. ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN WOMEN FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, "A Statement on Genital Mutilation"
(Senegal, 1980) |
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351 | |
| 53. ANONYMOUS,
"How It All Began: I Have Had an Abortion" (Germany, 1981) |
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355 | |
| 54. MONIQUE WITTIG, "One Is Not Born a Woman" (France, 1981) |
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359 | |
| 55. ADRIENNE RRICH, "Notes Toward a Politics of Location" (United
States, 1984) |
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367 | |
| 56. GLORIA
ANZALDÚA, "La Conciencia de la Mestiza: Toward a New Consciousness" (United States, 1987) |
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385 | |
| 57. GUERRILLA GIRLS, "When Sexism and Racism Are No Longer
Fashionable" and "Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get into the Met. Museum?" (United States, 1989) |
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391 | |
| 58. KATHLEEN HANNA/BIKINI KILL, "Riot Grrrl Manifesto" (United
States, 1992) |
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394 | |
| 59. REBECCA
WALKER, "Becoming the Third Wave" (United States, 1992) |
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397 | |
| 60. UNITED NATIONS, FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, Speeches (1995) |
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GERTRUDE MONGELLA (TANZANIA), Opening Address, Plenary Session |
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WINONA LADUKE (UNITED STATES),
"The Indigenous Women's Network, Our Future, Our Responsibility" |
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PALESA BEVERLEY DITSIE (SOUTH
AFRICA), Statement of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission |
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GRO
HAARLEM BRUNDTLAND (NORWAY), Closing Address |
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| 61. SYLVIANE AGACINSKI, Parity of the Sexes (France, 1998) |
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415 | |
| 62. JONAH GOKOVA, "Challenging Men to Reject Gender Stereotypes" (Zimbabwe, 1998) |
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420 | |
| 63. JENNIFER BAUMGARDNER AND AMY RICHARDS,
Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future (United States, 2000) |
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424 | |
| 64. REVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN, "Statement on the Occasion of International
Women's Day" (Afghanistan, 2004) |
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427 | |
| SOURCES
FOR DOCUMENTS |
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431 | |
| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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439 | |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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443 | |
| PERMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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445 | |
| INDEX |
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