Pioneers of the woman's movement

Key, a noted Swedish feminist, reflects on the woman movement, painting an optimistic picture of women's future.

Feminism is explored by various feminists, including Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Jane Addams, Isadora Duncan, and Emma Goldman.

The author Ramabai had been borned in the caste of Brahma; the highest of 4 Hindu caste. Her father Ananta Shahtri; against the custom law teached to Ramabai of Sanskrit, Veda, Code of Mano and other lessons resulting in excommunication and Badouin lifestyle. She was awarded with title of Pandita and Saraswati by University of Calcutta after being invited by the pandits upon hearing her famous reputation as preacher. In this book, she gave reader the insight of women life of Brahma caste and other Hindu women in India as general. She explained how the degradation of India till 19th century related to the miserable life of its women who will pass this experience of life to her children. She also narrate how religion scripture and custom being greatly affecting the lives, deaths and eternity of hindu women in India.

Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an antislavery advocate, newspaper editor, lecturer, crusader, feminist, and Civil War nurse. She edited two newspapers in Minnesota during the period 1858-1865, when these letters were written: first, the St. Cloud Visiter [sic] and, afterward, the St. Cloud Democrat. The Minnesota Historical Society collected and compiled the series of articles and letters written for the St. Cloud Democrat, publishing them as a book in 1934. In her articles and letters, Swisshelm addresses many of the important issues of her time, including women's rights, slavery, and the frontier conflict between Indians and white settlers. She crusaded for a woman's right to own property, speak in church, and vote. She was an avid antislavery advocate who spoke out against the abusive treatment of slaves and their legal standing as chattel. She advocated harsh treatment toward the Sioux in the aftermath of the 1862 uprising, considering the settlers to be aggrieved victims in this case. That Swisshelm was a prominent figure of her time is demonstrated by her familiarity with influential leaders such as Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Her book also contains articles she wrote as she traveled around southern Minnesota, some of which describe her experiences with the First Minnesota Regiment at Fort Snelling.

One of the first German documents in support of women's suffrage, as well as an interesting discussion of women in general.