Men's Voices on Women - 19th Century

Quotes by Frederick Douglass - part of an extensive collection of quotations about women.

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.

Audubon shares his observations of women in America in the early 19th century (1808-1826). Useful excerpts from his writings.

Margaret Fuller, in Woman in the Nineteenth Century, writes of male voices who, in her view, were supportive of women.

Cooper shares his observations of women in America in 1824. Useful excerpts from his writings.

Dickens shares his observations of women in America in the early 19th century. Useful excerpts from his writings.

Arguing with Hegel's views on women and the family, by Antoinette M. Stafford.

The story of Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his daughters illustrates 19th century American attitudes towards and education 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.)

A quote from the famed abolitionist, Wendell Phillips, on a pro-woman-suffrage postcard, no date.

The "Enduring Significance of the American Woman Suffrage Movement" by Robert Cooney, director of the Woman Suffrage Media Project.