Frederick Douglass on Women's Rights

Author: Frederick Douglass
Secondary Author: Philip Sheldon Foner
ISBN: 0306804891

In their long, continuing struggle for equality, American women have had to rely primarily on their own resources, which have been considerable. Yet many men have helped advance their cause. Perhaps foremost among them was the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass. According to the women of the time, Douglass was their preeminent male supporter. As Elizabeth Cady Stanton said, "He was the only man I ever saw who understood the degradation of the disfranchisement of women." This book collects the speeches and writings of Frederick Douglass on women's rights. Since suffrage was the major concern of the movement, the issue of voting was primary among Douglass's themes; however, he also spoke and wrote resolutely on the need for women to reach their full potential by participating in every phase of American society and in every aspect of decision-making. No one was more insistent that the oppression of women violated the principles proclaimed at the birth of the American Republic. He was,

Publisher: Da Capo Press
Publish Date: 1992

Subjects: History / General, Political Science / Civil Rights, Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Feminism Early Works)