From Eve to Dawn: Infernos and paradises, the triumph of capitalism in the 19th century
Title | From Eve to Dawn: Infernos and paradises, the triumph of capitalism in the 19th century PDF eBook |
Author | Marilyn French |
Publisher | |
Pages | 984 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Women |
ISBN |
From Eve to Dawn: Origins
Title | From Eve to Dawn: Origins PDF eBook |
Author | Marilyn French |
Publisher | McArthur & Company Pub Limited |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781552782682 |
Offers a three-volume examination of the history of women.
The Women's Room
Title | The Women's Room PDF eBook |
Author | Marilyn French |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 558 |
Release | 2011-07-14 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0748132147 |
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND BESTSELLING NOVELS OF THE MODERN FEMINIST MOVEMENT 'It was about the need to change things from top to bottom; it was a declaration of independence' OBSERVER 'The first and last international bestseller of the women's movement' GUARDIAN 'They said this book would change lives - and it certainly changed mine' JENNI MURRAY, BBC RADIO 4 A landmark in feminist literature, The Women's Room is a biting social commentary of a world gone silently haywire. Written in the 1970s but with profound resonance today, this is a modern allegory that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted blindly and revered so completely. It follows the transformation of Mira Ward and her circle as the women's movement begins to have an impact on their lives. A biting social commentary on an emotional world gone silently haywire, The Women's Room is a modern classic that offers piercing insight into the social norms accepted so blindly and revered so completely. Marilyn French questions those accepted norms and poignantly portrays the hopeful believers looking for new truths.
The Love Children
Title | The Love Children PDF eBook |
Author | Marilyn French |
Publisher | The Feminist Press at CUNY |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2009-09-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1558616500 |
A girl comes of age in the radical 1960s in this “beautifully written” novel by the groundbreaking author of The Women’s Room (Kate Mosse). It’s 1968 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Jess Leighton, the daughter of a temperamental painter and a proto-feminist Harvard professor, is struggling to make sense of her world amid racial tensions, Vietnam War protests, anti-government rage, her own burgeoning sexuality, and bad relationships. With more options than her mother’s generation, but no role model for creating the life she desires, Jess experiments with sex and psychedelic drugs as she searches for happiness on her own terms. In the midst of joining and fleeing a commune, growing organic vegetables, and operating a sustainable restaurant, Jess grapples with the legacy of her mother’s generation while building a future for herself, and for the postmodern woman. “French’s meticulous and affecting tale of the forging of one woman’s conscience encompasses thoughtful portraits of ‘love children,’ from peace activists to members of unconventional families, and a forthright critique of the counterculture that puts today’s wars, struggles for equality, and environmental troubles into sharp perspective” (Booklist).
From Eve to Dawn: The masculine mystique
Title | From Eve to Dawn: The masculine mystique PDF eBook |
Author | Marilyn French |
Publisher | |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Women |
ISBN |
From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World Volume III
Title | From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World Volume III PDF eBook |
Author | Marilyn French |
Publisher | The Feminist Press at CUNY |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2008-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1558616292 |
From the New York Times–bestselling author: “A rare find: a page-turning, can’t-put-it-down history text.” —Library Journal Writing about what she calls the “most cheering period in female history,” Marilyn French recounts how nineteenth-century women living under imperialism, industrialization, and capitalism nonetheless organized for their own education, a more equitable wage, and the vote. Focusing on the United States, Great Britain, and countries in Africa, French argues that capitalism’s success depended on the exploitation and enslavement of huge numbers, including women, but the act of working outside the home alongside other women, rather than in isolation, provided women with the possibility of organizing for emancipation. “The third volume of her remarkable four-volume survey . . . fascinating insight and detail.” —Publishers Weekly
From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World Volume IV
Title | From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World Volume IV PDF eBook |
Author | Marilyn French |
Publisher | The Feminist Press at CUNY |
Pages | 560 |
Release | 2008-09-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1558616284 |
The conclusion of the “remarkable” four-volume history by the New York Times–bestselling author of The Women’s Room (Publishers Weekly). In the twentieth century, women became a force for change, in part through suffrage, and in part through mass organizing. This final volume of Marilyn French’s wide-ranging survey offers a vibrant history of multiple political revolutions as well as the century’s horrors—including genocides and the atom bomb. It ends with a thoughtful investigation into the various indigenous feminist movements throughout the world and asks what these peaceful revolutions might augur for the future. Eschewing easy answers, French suggests that the defining moral moments of the twenty-first century should, and will, build from a global human rights agenda.