FETTERED· FRt\NCHISED
THE HOME
Its Work and Influence
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN . A classic indictment of the domestic op–
pression of women and children,
Th e Home
argues that children are warped
and the growth of women stunted by domestic customs that are both archaic
and irrational. Written by a leading figure in the feminist movement, it is a
witty, forceful expose that remains as pertinent today as when it was written
nearly seventy-five years ago. A
reprint
of
the 1903 edition, with
an
intro–
duction by William
L.
O'Neill.
Paper, $3.45 ; cloth, $7.95
THE FEMININE CHARACTER
History of an Ideology
VIOLA KLEIN .
With
a
foreword by Karl Mannheim and
an
introductory essay
for the American edition by Janet Zollinger Giele.
Klein's survey of writings
on women - by scholars from Weininger and Freud to Margaret Mead, Havelock
Ellis, and others -leads to her conclusion that so-called feminine traits are
sociologically rather than biologically determined . " The most surprising thing
about this book is that it could have been originally published in 1946 ... has
tremendous potential for becoming one of the source books for the women's
liberation movement."
-)0
Freeman, University of Chicago.
Paper, $2.45; cloth, $7.95
LAW, POLITICS, AND BIRTH CONTROL
C.
THOMAS DIENES. Tracing the historical development of American birth
control policy, Dienes examines the dynamics through which the legal system
responds to the demands of a changing society. He focuses on the interplay of
courts and legislatures with each other and with changing social
i~terests :
Anthony Comstock's morality, Margaret Sanger's feminism, modern demands
for publicly supported family planning, and the search for a population policy.
$15 .00
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