Table of Contents Publisher’s Note...... ix Editor’s Introduction...... xi Contributors...... xv
Volume 1
Precursors 1
Joan of Arc: Letter to the English King ...... 3 The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus ...... 7 Abigail Adams: “Remember the Ladies”—Letter to John Adams...... 22 Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman . 27 Olympe de Gouges: Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen ...... 39 Catharine E. Beecher: A Treatise on Domestic Economy...... 48 Margaret Fuller: Woman in the Nineteenth Century...... 57
Suffrage and Sensibility 67
Seneca Falls Convention: Declaration of Sentiments...... 69 Sojourner Truth: “Ain’t I a Woman?”...... 78 Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Address to the New York Legislature...... 85 Victoria Woodhull: “And the Truth Shall Make You Free”...... 92 Victoria Woodhull: Lecture on Constitutional Equality...... 100 Millicent Fawcett: “The Electoral Disabilities of Women”. 107 Susan B. Anthony: Letters concerning Casting a Vote in the 1872 Federal Election . 117 Susan B. Anthony: “Is It a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?” ...... 123 Anna Julia Cooper: “Womanhood: A Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race”. 131 Elizabeth Cady Stanton: “Solitude of Self”...... 147 Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin: Address to the First National Conference of Colored Women...... 153 Susan B. Anthony: “The Status of Woman, Past, Present, and Future” ...... 161 Mary Church Terrell: “The Progress of Colored Women”...... 169 Anna Howard Shaw: Address on the Place of Women in Society . 180 Jane Addams: “Passing of the War Virtues”...... 185 Emma Goldman: “Marriage and Love”. 192 Jane Addams: “Why Women Should Vote” ...... 197
v Margaret Sanger: “Sexual Impulse-Part II” ...... 202 Emmeline Pankhurst: “Freedom or Death”...... 208 Margaret Sanger “The Prevention of Conception”...... 215 Alice Paul: Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee...... 220 Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...... 228 Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson: “The Negro Woman and the Ballot” . 235 Eleanor Roosevelt: “Women Must Learn to Play the Game as Men Do”. 242
Volume 2
Equality Now! 249
Universal Declaration of Human Rights . 251 Simone de Beauvoir: Introduction to The Second Sex...... 261 Women’s Political Council Documents...... 275 Equal Pay Act ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������279 Betty Friedan: The Feminine Mystique . 283 Testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer before the Credentials Committee of the Democratic National Convention. . 295 Griswold v. Connecticut...... 299 National Organization for Women (NOW) Founding Statement...... 307 An Act Ending Sex Discrimination in Government Employment . 313 Position Paper Regarding the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). 317 Kate Millett: “Sexual Politics”. 328 Ella Baker: “The Black Woman in the Civil Rights Struggle”...... 339 Gloria Steinem: “Living the Revolution” . 345 Conversations with Alice Paul: Woman Suffrage and the Equal Rights Amendment . 354 Equal Rights Amendment . 362 Title IX ...... 369 Roe v. Wade...... 375 Indira Gandhi: “What Educated Women Can Do”...... 387 Shirley Chisholm: “The Black Woman in Contemporary America” . 393 National Women’s Conference Plan of Action...... 401
vi The Personal Is Political 407
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services ...... 409 Anita Hill: Opening Statement at the Senate Confirmation Hearing of Clarence Thomas ...... 421 Planned Parenthood v. Casey. 430 Vice President Joseph Biden on Combating Violence against Women...... 444 United States v. Virginia...... 451 Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Concurrence in Stenberg, Attorney General of Nebraska, v. Carhart ...... 459 European Union: Summary of Directive on Gender Equality . 464 Malala Yousafzai: Address at the UN “Youth Takeover” Event. 469 Women in the Service Implementation Plan...... 474 Hillary Clinton’s Acceptance Speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. 479 Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt...... 490 Angela Davis: Women’s March on Washington...... 498
Appendixes 503
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