History Matters: Patriarchy and the Challenge of Feminism

by Judith M. Bennett

Book Overview

Written for everyone interested in women's and gender history, History Matters reaffirms the importance to feminist theory and activism of long-term historical perspectives. Judith M. Bennett, who has been commenting on developments in women's and gender history since the 1980s, argues that the achievement of a more feminist future relies on a rich, plausible, and well-informed knowledge of the past, and she asks her readers to consider...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812220048
• ISBN13: 9780812220049
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"