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Classic Books on Feminism - Before 1950

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Whether finding out for yourself more about the history of feminism, or selecting books for a reading groups, these are good starting books: classics on feminism from before 1950.

1. Selected Writings of Judith Sargent Murray

Includes "On the Equality of the Sexes."
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2. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

by Mary Wollstonecraft (1892). I can't say I'm happy that the publisher changed Wollstonecraft's title to Women instead of Woman! I'm using her original title here.
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3. The Subjection of Women

by John Stuart Mill.
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6. The Second Sex

by Simone De Beauvoir, H.M. Parshley (Translator).
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