This feminist classic represents a vivid and eloquently expressed effort to promote the rectification of inequalities of labor practices between men and women of the early 20th century. It carefully examines the social changes engendered by technological progress and advocates new and expanded roles for women. Introduction.
The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner The first great South African novel chronicles the adventures of 3 childhood friends who defy societal repression. A gripping indictment of the rigid Boer social conventions of the 19th-century.
The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger by Margaret Sanger Sanger was a pioneer in establishing birth control as a basic human right and a founder of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Her autobiography is a classic of women's studies.
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Delightfully humorous account of a feminist utopia in which 3 male explorers stumble upon an all-female society. An early-20th-century writer's once-unconventional views on male-female behavior, motherhood, individuality, other topics.
