| INTRODUCTION | | XI | |
| | 1. CHRISTINE DE PIZAN, The Book of the City of Ladies (France, 1405) |
| | 3 | |
| | 2. FRAN IS POULLAIN DE LA BARRE, On the Equality of the Two Sexes (France, 1673) |
| | 10 | |
| | 3. SOR JUANA IN DE LA CRUZ, "The Reply to Sor Philotea" (Mexico, 1691) |
| | 15 | |
| | 4. MARY ASTELL, A Serious Proposal to the Ladies (England, 1694) |
| | 20 | |
| | 5. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (England, 1792) |
| | 24 | |
| | 6. LI JU-CHEN, Flowers in the Mirror (China, c. 1800) |
| | 37 | |
| | 7. SARAH M. GRIMK Letters on the Equality of the Sexes (United States, 1837) |
| | 47 | |
| | 8. FLORA TRISTAN, "The Emancipation of Working Class Women" (France, 1843) |
| | 52 | |
| | 9. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" (United States, 1848) |
| | 57 | |
| 10. SOJOURNER TRUTH, Two Speeches (United States, 1851, 1867) | | 63 | |
| 11. HARRIET TAYLOR MILL, "The Enfranchisement of Women" England, 1851) | | 67 | |
| 12. JOHN STUART MILL, The Subjection of Women (England, 1869) | | 73 | |
| 13. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, "Social Purity" (United States, 1875) | | 85 | |
| 14. HENRIK IBSEN, The Doll's House (Sweden, 1879) | | 92 | |
| 15. KISHIDA TOSHIKO, "Daughters in Boxes" (Japan, 1883) | | 99 | |
| 16. FRIEDRICH ENGELS, The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State (Germany, 1884) | | 104 | |
| 17. FRANCISCA DINIZ, "Equality of Rights" (Brazil, 1890) | | 112 | |
| 18. ANNA JULIA COOPER, A Voice from the South (United States, 1892) | | 116 | |
| 19. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, "The Solitude of Self" (United States, 1892) | | 122 | |
| 20. CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN, "The Yellow Wallpaper" (United States, 1892) | | 128 | |
| 21. QASIM AMIN, The Liberation of Women (Egypt, 1899) | | 145 | |
| 22. ROKEYA SAKHAWAT HOSSAIN, "Sultana's Dream" (India, 1905) | | 153 | |
| 23. QIU JIN, Stones of the Fingwei Bird (China, 1905-07) | | 165 | |
| 24. EMMA GOLDMAN, "The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation" (United States, 1906) | | 168 | |
| 25. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI, "The Social Basis of the Woman Question" (Russia, 1909) | | 175 | |
| 26. THREE POEMS: | | 182 | |
| | SARA ESTELA RAMIREZ, "Rise Up! To Woman" (United States, 1910) |
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| | YOSANO AKIKO, "The Day the Mountains Move" (Japan, 1911) |
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| | JAMES OPPENHEIM, "Bread and Roses" (United States, 1911) |
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| 27. LUISA CAPETILLO, Mi opini n (Puerto Rico, 1911) | | 186 | |
| 28. EMMELINE PANKHURST, Suffrage Speech at Old Bailey (England, 1912) | | 192 | |
| 29. WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM, Resolutions of the Zurich Conference (1919) | | 199 | |
| 30. W.E.B. DU BOIS, "The Damnation of Women" (United States, 1919) | | 204 | |
| 31. MARGARET SANGER, Woman and the New Race (United States, 1920) | | 211 | |
| 32. SHAREEFEH HAMID ALI, "East and West in Cooperation" (India, 1935) | | 217 | |
| 33. VIRGINIA WOOLF, Three Guineas (England, 1938) | | 220 | |
| 34. ALVA MYRDAL, Nation and Family (Sweden, 1941) | | 231 | |
| 35. DING LING, "Thoughts on March 8" (China, 1942) | | 237 | |
| 36. HUDA SHAARAWI, Speeches at Arab Feminist Conference (Egypt, 1944) | | 243 | |
| 37. FUNMILAYO RANSOME-KUTI, "We Had Equality till Britain Came" (Nigeria, 1947) | | 247 | |
| 38. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, The Second Sex (France, 1949) | | 251 | |
| 39. FEDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN, Women's Charter and Aims (South Africa, 1954) | | 263 | |
| 40. BETTY FRIEDAN, The Feminine Mystique (United States, 1963) | | 269 | |
| 41. PAULI MURRAY, Testimony, House Committee on Education and Labor (United States, 1970) | | 283 | |
| 42. PAT MAINARDI, "The Politics of Housework" (United States, 1970) | | 288 | |
| 43. BOSTON WOMEN'S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE, Our Bodies, Ourselves (United States, 1973) | | 295 | |
| 44. MARIAROSA DALLA COSTA, "A General Strike" (Italy, 1974) | | 300 | |
| 45. COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA, Towards Equality (India, 1974) | | 304 | |
| 46. SUSAN BROWNMILLER, Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape (United States, 1975) | | 311 | |
| 47. H S CIXOUS, "The Laugh of the Medusa" (France, 1975) | | 318 | |
| 48. COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE, "A Black Feminist Statement" (United States, 1977) | | 325 | |
| 49. AUDRE LORDE, "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" (United States, 1979) | | 331 | |
| 50. UNITED NATIONS, CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN (1979) | | 336 | |
| 51. DOMITILA BARRIOS DE LA CHUNGARA, "The Woman's Problem" (Bolivia, 1980) | | 346 | |
| 52. ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN WOMEN FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, "A Statement on Genital Mutilation" (Senegal, 1980) | | 351 | |
| 53. ANONYMOUS, "How It All Began: I Have Had an Abortion" (Germany, 1981) | | 355 | |
| 54. MONIQUE WITTIG, "One Is Not Born a Woman" (France, 1981) | | 359 | |
| 55. ADRIENNE RRICH, "Notes Toward a Politics of Location" (United States, 1984) | | 367 | |
| 56. GLORIA ANZALD , "La Conciencia de la Mestiza: Toward a New Consciousness" (United States, 1987) | | 385 | |
| 57. GUERRILLA GIRLS, "When Sexism and Racism Are No Longer Fashionable" and "Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get into the Met. Museum?" (United States, 1989) | | 391 | |
| 58. KATHLEEN HANNA/BIKINI KILL, "Riot Grrrl Manifesto" (United States, 1992) | | 394 | |
| 59. REBECCA WALKER, "Becoming the Third Wave" (United States, 1992) | | 397 | |
| 60. UNITED NATIONS, FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, Speeches (1995) | | 402 | |
| | GERTRUDE MONGELLA (TANZANIA), Opening Address, Plenary Session |
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| | WINONA LADUKE (UNITED STATES), "The Indigenous Women's Network, Our Future, Our Responsibility" |
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| | PALESA BEVERLEY DITSIE (SOUTH AFRICA), Statement of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission |
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| | GRO HAARLEM BRUNDTLAND (NORWAY), Closing Address |
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| 61. SYLVIANE AGACINSKI, Parity of the Sexes (France, 1998) | | 415 | |
| 62. JONAH GOKOVA, "Challenging Men to Reject Gender Stereotypes" (Zimbabwe, 1998) | | 420 | |
| 63. JENNIFER BAUMGARDNER AND AMY RICHARDS, Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future (United States, 2000) | | 424 | |
| 64. REVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN, "Statement on the Occasion of International Women's Day" (Afghanistan, 2004) | | 427 | |
| SOURCES FOR DOCUMENTS | | 431 | |
| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | | 439 | |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | | 443 | |
| PERMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | | 445 | |
| INDEX | | 451 | |
