From Eve to Dawn, A History of Women in the World, Volume III: Infernos and Paradises, The Triumph of Capitalism in the 19th Century

By Marilyn French and Margaret Atwood

Chapter titles: Imperialism in Africa; Industrialization; Utopianism and Socialism; Middle-Class Women in England; Middle-Class Women in the United States before the Civil War; The Civil War and Its Aftermath; Women Suffrage in the United States and Great Britain; Labor Movements; The War against Women French’s method is often that of the story-teller. She will devote single or multiple paragraphs to the exploits or ideas of individuals, some as famous as Sojourner Truth or Mother Jones; others entirely unknown, a speck or a flame in history. French’s tone throughout is nonjudgmental. She gives generous men their due; she reveals the racism of white women; she describes how much harder it was for black women than for white women, and shows how, if rarely, they worked well together. Glowing foreword by famed feminist author Margaret Atwood. An important contribution to understanding women’s second class status through much of history-will be important in classrooms, for amateur historians, for anyone interested in women’s impact on history.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
• Release date: Sep 1, 2008
• ISBN: 9781558616295

Marilyn French

Marilyn French was a novelist and feminist. Her books include The Women’s Room, which has been translated into twenty languages; From Eve to Dawn, a History of Women in the World; A Season in Hell; Her Mother’s Daughter; Our Father; My Summer with George; and The Bleeding Heart. She died in 2009.