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A 10 page book review on 2 feminist history texts: A Voice of Their Own edited by Martha Solomon and The Politics of Domesticity by Barbara Epstein. The writer offers an overview of each text, including reviewers' evaluation, and also argues that the texts share a common theme in that both texts indicate the antagonism toward men felt by Victorian women. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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of the countrys history. Two feminist-oriented historical texts, A Voice of Their Own and The Politics of Domesticity, each look at different aspects of the womens suffrage movement of the
nineteenth century. Voice looks primarily at the role of nineteenth century suffrage newspapers, while Politics focuses on the connection between the role of religion in the form of evangelicalism
and the more secular temperance movement. However, an area in which the two texts coincide in regards to the antagonism that both texts indicate in regards to the anger felt
by the women of this era towards patriarchy and their perception of oppression. This common theme in the two texts creates substantiation between the two for the legitimacy of this
perception. However, before examining this theme in greater detail, it is illuminating to summarize the content and critical reaction to these books. Overview and reviewers criticism of each text
Voice of Their Own : A Voice of Their Own, The Woman Suffrage Press, 1840-1910 is a collection of essays edited by Martha M. Solomon that analyze the manner in
which eight suffrage newspaper handled the issue of women receiving the right to vote. The introduction to the text places the newspaper within the context of their time and the
womens movement, describing how, at first, the purpose of the womens movement was secure the right of women to speak in public. The various newspapers detailed in the text extended
this debate and in so doing, succeeded in raising the "consciousness of women," while building a "sense of community," which was "dedicated to changing the concept of women, their rights
and their capabilities" (Folkerts 268). The volume begins with two essays that are general in their content and provide background on the relationship between the newspapers and the suffrage
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