Women's Activism Global Perspectives from the 1890s to the Present [Paperback]

Womens Activismbrings together twelve innovative contributions from feminist historians from around the world to look at how women have always found ways to challenge or fight inequalities and hierarchies as individuals, in international womens organizations, as political leaders, and in global forums such as the United Nations.

The book is divided into three parts. Part one, brings together four essays about organized womens activism across borders. The chapters in part two focus on the variety of womens activism and explore womens activism in different national and political contexts. And part three explores the changing relationships and inequalities among women.

This book addresses womens internationalism and struggle for their rights in the international arena; it deals with racism and colonialism in Australia, India and Europe; womens movements and political activism in South Africa, Eastern Bengal (Bangladesh), the United Kingdom, Japan and France. Essential reading for anyone interested in womens history and the history of activism more generally

Introduction. Part 1:Transnational Womens Activism 1. Overcoming Hierarchies through Internationalism : May Wright Sewalls Engagement with the International Council of Women (1888-1904) Karen Offen 2. Transnational mentoring: the impact of Sarojini Naidu's 1924 visit to South Africa on Cissie Gool and women's leadership Patricia van der Spuy and Lindsay Clowes3. Spectacular Feminism : The International History of Women, World Citizenship and Human Rights Glenda Sluga4. Cold War Internationalisms, Nationalisms and the Yugoslav-Soviet Split: The Union of Italian Women and the Antifascist Women's Front of Yugoslavia Chiara BonfiglioliPart 2: Varieties of Womens Activism 5. We are equal to men in ability to do anything! : lÓ`