Women and American Socialism, 1870-1920

by Mari Jo Buhle

Socialist women faced the often thorny dilemma of fitting their concern with women's rights into their commitment to socialism. Mari Jo Buhle examines women's efforts to agitate for suffrage, sexual and economic emancipation, and other issues and the political and intellectual conflicts that arose in response. In particular, she analyzes the clash between a nativist socialism influence by ideas of individual rights and the class-based socialism championed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252010450
• ISBN13: 9780252010453
• Release Date: April 1983
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"