Women of Liberty

This wide-ranging survey of underappreciated feminist thinkers recovers a series of strikingly original contributions to political theory

Illustrations

Introduction

1 Mercy Otis Warren, the So-Called "Republican" Patriot

1
The Legacy of Mercy 's Brother

2
Jemmy 's Sister: Never a Servile Servian

3
Subjugated People

4
Defining "Republican"

5
Mercy Otis Warren as a "Republican"

2 Louise Michel: Neither a Red Nor a Virgin?

1
Michel the Heroine of France

2
Michel the Anarchist

3 The Originality and Political Philosophy of Victoria C. Woodhull

1
The Originality of Victoria C. Woodhull

2
Victoria C. Woodhull as a Political Theorist

4 The Seductiveness of Tennie C. Claflin and of Her Ideas

1
Appearance

2
Marriage, Equality, and Social Change

3
Poverty

5 Lois Waisbrooker: Anarchist Opponent of Marriage

1
Waisbrooker 's Feminism

2
Waisbrooker 's Anarchism

3
Free Love

4
Spiritualism

5
No to Marriage

6 It Noe, Japanese Anarchist Follower of Emma Goldman

1
Anarchism

2
Free Love

7 The Radicalism of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

1
The Bible as a Weapon Used Against Women

2
Marriage and Divorce

3
Self-Sovereignty and the Solitude of Self

8 Margaret Sanger: The Scientist of Human Salvation

1
Sanger 's Anarchist Influences

2
Not a Marxist

3
Not a Racist

4
Birth Control and a New Morality

9 Forever an Anarchist: Mollie Steimer

1
Russia Attacked: Two Leaflets

2
Deported

10 Rose Pesotta, the Working Anarchist

1
Pesotta as an Anarchist Theorist

2
Pesotta as an Anarchist Union Activist

Conclusion: Liberty Lost
Bibliography
Index