Men's Voices - Through the Ages
Aristotle: The History of Animals
Aristotle's theory of women's physical nature, puberty, childbirth, etc.
Aristotle: On a Good Wife
A glimpse into the mindset of ancient Greece about a woman's "proper" role.
Audubon, John James
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.
Cooper, James Fenimore
Cooper shares his observations of women in America in 1824. Useful excerpts from his writings.
Defoe, Daniel: Education of Women (1719)
From this essay: "I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world... that we deny the advantages of learning to women."
Dickens, Charles
Dickens shares his observations of women in America in the early 19th century. Useful excerpts from his writings.
Fromm, Erich, Feminism, Frankfurt School
Douglas Kellner's analysis of Fromm's theories on the differences between men and women.
Hegel: Feminist Critique
Arguing with Hegel's views on women and the family, by Antoinette M. Stafford.
How It Feels to Be the Husband of a Suffragette
Text and images of a humorous yet supportive pamphlet, by an anonymous male writer.
Integrating Men's History into Women's History
Melinda Zook argues for transforming women's history survey courses into men's and women's survey courses. She follows her argument (from The History Teacher) with a sample course outline.
Jefferson and His Daughters
The story of Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his daughters illustrates 19th century American attitudes towards and education of women.
Lynd: On Staughton Lynd's 'Good Society'
Judith Gabree (1968) summarizes and critiques an article by radical theoretician Staughton Lynd with his analysis of women's liberation.
Men's Opinions in Ancient Greece and Rome
A collection of documents from ancient Greek and Roman men, showing their views 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.)
Phillips, Wendell: Postcard
A quote from the famed abolitionist, Wendell Phillips, on a pro-woman-suffrage postcard, no date.
Rousseau: Confessions
Text version of Rousseau's "Confessions." His theory of women's inferiority and uneducability is within this larger work.
Taking a New Look
The "Enduring Significance of the American Woman Suffrage Movement" by Robert Cooney, director of the Woman Suffrage Media Project.
Why Women Do Not Wish the Suffrage - 1903
A perspective on the differences between men and women, and why women didn't want to upset the sexual divisions of the time through gaining the vote.
'Women's Liberation' Aims to Free Men Too
Article by Gloria Steinem, published June 1970 in the Washington Post. An early assertion of the value of feminism for men, too.