Men's Voices on Women - 19th Century
Frederick Douglass Quotes on Women's Rights
Quotes by Frederick Douglass - part of an extensive collection of quotations about women.
John Stuart Mill, Male Feminist
John Stuart Mill wrote about liberty and the economy, and also advocated for extending "perfect equality" and the vote to women.
Review - A Doll's House - 1973 Production with Claire Bloom and Anthony Hopkins
Henrik Ibsen's play about a woman caught in a doll's house life -- and an impossible situation -- is an early exploration of woman's identity.
Frederick Douglass Quotes on Women's Rights
Quotes by Frederick Douglass - part of an extensive collection of quotations about women.
John James Audubon
Audubon shares his observations of women in America in the early 19th century (1808-1826). Useful excerpts from his writings.
Channing and Others, by Fuller
Margaret Fuller, in Woman in the Nineteenth Century, writes of male voices who, in her view, were supportive of women.
James Fenimore Cooper
Cooper shares his observations of women in America in 1824. Useful excerpts from his writings.
Charles Dickens
Dickens shares his observations of women in America in the early 19th century. Useful excerpts from his writings.
Hegel: Feminist Critique
Arguing with Hegel's views on women and the family, by Antoinette M. Stafford.
Jefferson and His Daughters
The story of Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his daughters illustrates 19th century American attitudes towards and education of women.
Mill: On the Subjection of Women
Philosopher of liberty, John Stuart Mill, takes a look at the situation women were in. (His friend, Harriet Taylor, influenced his thinking, surely.)
Wendell Phillips: Postcard
A quote from the famed abolitionist, Wendell Phillips, on a pro-woman-suffrage postcard, no date.
Taking a New Look
The "Enduring Significance of the American Woman Suffrage Movement" by Robert Cooney, director of the Woman Suffrage Media Project.