The Feminism of Flora Tristan

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The Feminism of Flora Tristan

Author: Maire Cross

Publisher: Berg Publishers

ISBN: STANFORD:36105001762736

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 256

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Flora Tristan was a most remarkable woman. Born at the begining of the 19th century, her short life was packed with adventure and achievement. An illegitimate child, she had a disastrous marriage to a husband who tried to kill her. In vain pursuit of her rightful inheritance, she sailed unchaperoned across the perilous Atlantic to Peru. Returning to France, she became a socialist, and feminist, and commited herself to a life of political radicalism. She recognized that until the economic conditions of the poor were alleviated there was little prospect of female emancipation. Her strategy was to establish a union of workers throughout France to press for socialist measures. However, linking the feminist cause to socialism proved to be fraught with difficulty. Flora Tristan found that working class organizations were indifferent, and even hostile, to the idea of female equality. In short, Flora Tristan exemplifies in her life and work, both the history of feminism, in its phases of optimism, realism and dissillusion, and the tensions between feminism and socialism.
Literary Criticism
The Feminism of Flora Tristan
Language: en
Pages: 256

The Feminism of Flora Tristan

Authors: Maire Cross, Tim Gray
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992-01-01 - Publisher: Berg Publishers

Flora Tristan was a most remarkable woman. Born at the begining of the 19th century, her short life was packed with adventure and achievement. An illegitimate child, she had a disastrous marriage to a husband who tried to kill her. In vain pursuit of her rightful inheritance, she sailed unchaperoned
The Feminism of Flora Tristan
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