Women in Western political thought - Okin, Susan Moller (Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press, 2013)
Part I. Plato ; Plato and the Greek tradition of Misogyny ; Philosopher queens and private wives ; Female nature and social structure -- Part II. Aristotle ; Woman's place and nature in a functionalist world -- Part III. Rousseau ; Rousseau and the modern patriarchal tradition ; The natural woman and her role ; Equality and freedom--for men ; The fate of Rousseau's heroines -- Part IV. Mill ; John Stuart Mill, liberal feminist -- Part V. Functionalism, feminism and the family ; Women and functionalism, past and present ; Persons, women and the law ; Conclusions.
Originally published: 1979.
Keywords: Plato; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques -- 1712-1778.; Mill, John Stuart -- 1806-1873.; Women; Women -- Philosophy -- History; Sex role; Feminism