Thomas Spence on Women’s Rights: A Vindication
Thomas Spence, a defender of women’s political and economic rights, was one of the very few pamphleteers who advocated women’s suffrage in his times. Nevertheless, he has been criticized by some historians for his patriarchal, even reactionary outlook. This article vindicates Spence’s record on wome...
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2016-11-01
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| description | Thomas Spence, a defender of women’s political and economic rights, was one of the very few pamphleteers who advocated women’s suffrage in his times. Nevertheless, he has been criticized by some historians for his patriarchal, even reactionary outlook. This article vindicates Spence’s record on women’s rights against those interpretations, by showing that his thought developed in the direction of gender equality. Spence, however, did not consider allowing women to access executive functions and he was no feminist by 21st-century standards. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5986942e317c433fb421cde77c938c5b2022-12-22T01:00:01ZengUniversité Toulouse - Jean JaurèsMiranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone2108-65592016-11-011310.4000/miranda.9022Thomas Spence on Women’s Rights: A VindicationRémy DuthilleThomas Spence, a defender of women’s political and economic rights, was one of the very few pamphleteers who advocated women’s suffrage in his times. Nevertheless, he has been criticized by some historians for his patriarchal, even reactionary outlook. This article vindicates Spence’s record on women’s rights against those interpretations, by showing that his thought developed in the direction of gender equality. Spence, however, did not consider allowing women to access executive functions and he was no feminist by 21st-century standards.http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/9022suffragefeminismuniversal suffragecivil rightseconomic rightsequality |
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| title | Thomas Spence on Women’s Rights: A Vindication |
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| title_short | Thomas Spence on Women’s Rights: A Vindication |
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| topic | suffrage feminism universal suffrage civil rights economic rights equality |
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