Women and Class: Toward a Socialist Feminism - Paperback

by August Bebel (Author), Eleanor Marx (Author), Clara Zetkin (Author)

This book recounts the origins of the modern feminist movement in the revolutionary movements of the nineteenth century. Beginning with an account of the first organized women's movement, La Société des Citoyennes Républicaines Revolutionnaires, on the left of the French Revolutionary movement, this book tells the story of women's movements in England, France and Germany. It is a story that has rarely been told in English.

Author Biography

Hal Draper began his career in the Young People's Socialist League in the 30s. During World War II and the Cold War he was the editor of Labor Action and a member of the editorial board of The New International, both publications of the "Third Camp" Independent Socialist League. In the 60s he championed the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley and was the author Of Berkeley: The New Student Revolt, an account of that movement.