the ideology of gender in the American Owenite Communities
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Kolmerten, Carol A.
- Publish Year
- 1990
- Shelfmark
- VS 10 1990 - B
- Thesaurus
- utopisme, woongroepen, emancipatie, Verenigde Staten, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, biografische gegevens
- Description
- The American communities, founded by Robert Owen in the 1820s, promised equality for all members. The practice was different. Many of the women who followed their husbands in the communities lost whatever power they had and gained a lot of extra duties. Carol Kolmerton gives a history of the Owenite communities and the position of women. With a chapter on the life and work of Frances Wright, one of the few women who was a theorist and activist of the utopian ideology.