Dreamers of a New Day by Sheila Rowbotham
From the 1880s to the 1920s, a social awakening among women extended the possibilities of change far beyond the struggle for the vote. Amid the growth of globalized trade, mass production, immigration and urban slums, American and British women broke with custom and prejudice. This title shows how women created much of the fabric of modern life.
Rowbotham has a marvellous gift for explication and an eye for the illuminating quotation.. readers of this ambitious and eloquent book will agree with Rowbotham's tough-minded conclusion: that in women's ongoing effort to reconcile the personal and the political, 'there is no automatic accretion of improvement,' but the need to reinvent utopia in every era. -- Elaine Showalter * Daily Telegraph *
As the 21st century falters forward with faith wars and economic collapse, women need to be at the forefront of reimagining our world. This book is a timely reminder that we have been here before. -- Jeanette Winterson * Times *
Exhilarating ... admirably lucid ... Reading about the wild hopes of these early 20th-century pioneers, you cannot fail to be moved by the sheer exuberance of their imaginations. -- Kathryn Hughes * Guardian *
Dreamers of a New Day is crowded, lively and inspiring ... Rowbotham's book is a tribute to women's faith in the possible but also to her own unquenchable belief in women. -- Alison Light * Independent *
Dreamers of a New Day is short but vast in scope ... [its] an unusual work, utterly unlike anything else appearing at the moment under the heading 'feminism,' and for that reason it is important. -- Melissa Benn * New Statesman *
Written lucidly and with characteristic generosity. * Times Higher Education *
Rowbotham does an excellent job of reminding the reader of the historical context of these women's lives. -- Daphne Spain * Times Literary Supplement *
A revelatory new history. -- Kerry Howley * Bookforum *
This book should still inspire a new generation of dreamers. * Morning Star *
An impeccably researched ... and thoughtful book. [Its] scope is impressive; it touches on nearly every conceivable subject: fashion, socialism, unions, housework, sweatshops, communal utopias, children, consumption, and of course, sex ... It's hard to imagine anyone who wouldn't learn something from this book. -- Catherine Ramsdell * PopMatters *
[Dreamers of a New Day] explores the period when women overturned social norms to define themselves as individuals. * Shreveport Times *
Highly recommended. * Choice *
As the 21st century falters forward with faith wars and economic collapse, women need to be at the forefront of reimagining our world. This book is a timely reminder that we have been here before. -- Jeanette Winterson * Times *
Exhilarating ... admirably lucid ... Reading about the wild hopes of these early 20th-century pioneers, you cannot fail to be moved by the sheer exuberance of their imaginations. -- Kathryn Hughes * Guardian *
Dreamers of a New Day is crowded, lively and inspiring ... Rowbotham's book is a tribute to women's faith in the possible but also to her own unquenchable belief in women. -- Alison Light * Independent *
Dreamers of a New Day is short but vast in scope ... [its] an unusual work, utterly unlike anything else appearing at the moment under the heading 'feminism,' and for that reason it is important. -- Melissa Benn * New Statesman *
Written lucidly and with characteristic generosity. * Times Higher Education *
Rowbotham does an excellent job of reminding the reader of the historical context of these women's lives. -- Daphne Spain * Times Literary Supplement *
A revelatory new history. -- Kerry Howley * Bookforum *
This book should still inspire a new generation of dreamers. * Morning Star *
An impeccably researched ... and thoughtful book. [Its] scope is impressive; it touches on nearly every conceivable subject: fashion, socialism, unions, housework, sweatshops, communal utopias, children, consumption, and of course, sex ... It's hard to imagine anyone who wouldn't learn something from this book. -- Catherine Ramsdell * PopMatters *
[Dreamers of a New Day] explores the period when women overturned social norms to define themselves as individuals. * Shreveport Times *
Highly recommended. * Choice *
Sheila Rowbotham, who helped start the women's liberation movement in Britain, is known internationally as an historian of feminism and radical social movements. She is the author of the ground-breaking books Women, Resistance and Revolution; Woman's Consciousness, Man's World; and Hidden from History. Her later works include Dreamers of a New Day: and Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love, shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize and winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Biography.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844676132 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844676137 |
| Title | Dreamers of a New Day |
| Author | Sheila Rowbotham |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2010-06-15 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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