Peace as a Woman's Issue: A History of the U.S. Movement for World Peace and Women’s Rights

by Harriet Hyman Alonso

A history of the ideologies and personalities of the feminist peace movement in the US. This study connections between militarism and violence against women; women as the mothers of society; women as naturally responsible citizens; and the desire to be independent of male control.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

360 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 1993

About the author

Harriet Hyman Alonso is a retired Professor of History at The City College of New York. She earned an M.A. in Women’s History from Sarah Lawrence College and a Ph.D. in History from Stony Brook University.

Reviews

[Bonnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not so much finished as skimmed. A few new things, but not much I didn't already know. Mostly it's been nearly two hundred years and we're still fighting the same sh*t.