... a warm, interesting, intellectual biography... German Studies Review
... thoughtful analysis... fine book... Slavic Review
The remarkable life of the maverick German socialist feminist Lily Braun (18651916) and the relevance of her ideas to the womens movement of our own day emerge with strength and sensitivity.
Preface
Introduction
Chapter I Early Life
Chapter II German Feminism before 1895
Chapter III The SPD in the Early 1890s
Chapter IV The Womens Organization of the SPD
Chapter V There is No Direction but Forward
Chapter VI An Orthodox Marxist with a Few Ideas of Her Own
Chapter VII Revisionism as the Liberalization of Marxism
Chapter VIII Revisionism as the Radicalization of Marxism
Chapter IX The ALienation of Femininity
Chapter X Feminist Politics
Chapter XI Childrens Liberation
Chapter XII Growing Isolation
Chapter XIII World War I
Chapter XIV Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index