The feminist promise 1792 to the present - Stansell, Christine (New York Modern Library, 2010)
Wild wishes -- Brothers and sisters: women's rights and the abolition of slavery -- New moral worlds -- Loyalty's limits: the Civil War, emancipation, and women's bids for power -- The politics of the mothers -- Modern times: political revival and winning the vote -- Democratic homemaking and its discontents: feminism in the lost years -- The revolt of the daughters -- Politics as usual and unusual politics -- Politics and the female body -- Global feminism: the age of Reagan and beyond.
Keywords: Feminism -- History; Women's rights -- History; Women -- Social conditions