Cross Currents in the International Women's Movement, 1848-1948

by D'Itri, Patricia Ward

• ISBN13: 9780879727826
• ISBN10: 0879727829
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Popular Pr of Bowling Green State

Summary

This study portrays individuals, organizations, and events that contributed to the development of the world movement for women's rights between 1848 and 1948.

Author Biography

Patricia Ward D'Itri is a professor of American Thought and Language at Michigan State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Goals and Limitations, Theoretical Framework	p. 1
The Early Phase	p. 7
Harriet and John Stuart Mill: A World Influence	p. 19
Josephine Butler and the Contagious Diseases Acts	p. 27
International Women's Organizations	p. 37
Frances Willard and the Women's Christian Temperance Union	p. 41
Mary Clement Leavitt and the World WCTU	p. 48
Later Developments in the WWCTU	p. 61
The International Council of Women	p. 69
From May Wright Sewall to Ishbel Aberdeen: The World's Congress of Representative Women	p. 75
The Later ICW: Toward the League of Nations	p. 85
Carrie Chapman Catt and the International Woman Suffrage Alliance	p. 90
Catt's World Tour	p. 99
The IWSA: World Expansion	p. 105
Margery Corbett Ashby and the IWSA through World War II	p. 114
The Peace Movement before WILPF	p. 123
Jane Addams: The 1915 Peace Conference and After	p. 130
Between the Wars	p. 140
Peace and the League of Nations	p. 142
Alice Paul and the Battle over Protective Legislation	p. 150
Mary Ritter Beard: Scholarship and a Link with Japan	p. 159
Fusae Ichikawa and the Japanese Woman Suffrage Movement	p. 170
Global Advances and the United Nations	p. 182
The International Women's Suffrage Movement, 1944-1948	p. 184
The Road to the United Nations	p. 189
Conclusion: Lowering the Barriers to Awareness	p. 197
Notes	p. 205
Limited Bibliography	p. 237
Index	p. 249
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