Frederick Douglass on woman’s rights
作者：Philip Sheldon Foner
出版社：Da Capo Press
出版时间：1992
 | 书名：FrederickDouglassOnWomen'sRights 作者：Foner,PhilipS. 出版社： 译者： 出版日期：1992-8 页数：190 ISBN：9780306804892 | 0.0 豆瓣评分 | 当当购书 | AI搜索 | B站搜索 | 百度搜索 |
书籍简介：
Intheirlong,continuingstruggleforequality,Americanwomenhavehadtorelyprimarilyontheirownresources,whichhavebeenconsiderable.Yetmanymenhavehelpedadvancetheircause.PerhapsforemostamongthemwasthegreatabolitionistFrederickDouglass.Accordingtothewomenofthetime,Douglasswastheirpreeminentmalesupporter.AsElizabethCadyStantonsaid,"HewastheonlymanIeversawwhounderstoodthedegradationofthedisfranchisementofwomen."ThisbookcollectsthespeechesandwritingsofFrederickDouglassonwomen'srights.Sincesuffragewasthemajorconcernofthemovement,theissueofvotingwasprimaryamongDouglass'sthemes;however,healsospokeandwroteresolutelyontheneedforwomentoreachtheirfullpotentialbyparticipatingineveryphaseofAmericansocietyandineveryaspectofdecision-making.NoonewasmoreinsistentthattheoppressionofwomenviolatedtheprinciplesproclaimedatthebirthoftheAmericanRepublic.Hewas,inshort,infavorof"absolutejusticeandperfectequality"forwomen.Andbecauseofhisprideinhisownrace,heneverfailedtoremindthewhitewomenwholedthemovementthatblackwomenenduredanevengreateroppressioninwhite,male-dominatedsocietythantheydid.Alwayseloquentandrarelylessthaninspiring,FrederickDouglassonWomen'sRightspresentsthewordsofoneofAmerica'sgreatestspokesmenononeofthemostimportantissuesofthenineteenthcentury,wordswhichstillringwithtruthandpowertoday.
