From Library Journal
This first book-length study in English of the German radical feminist Braun (1865-1916) is well written and carefully documented. Braun's feminist ideology developed between 1895 and 1915, but Meyer underscores its importance because she anticipated many of the views discussed by European and American feminists during the last decade. Braun came to Marxism from feminism and undertook a lifelong crusade to integrate the two concepts in a single movement. Meyer's attempt to rescue her from obscurity is a worthy and successful effort. He offers insights into feminist intellectual history and European socialist politics and draws a vivid portrait of late Imperial Germany. There are excellent notes and a detailed bibliography. Recommended for college and university women's studies collections. Sheila R. Herstein, City Coll. of CUNY Lib.
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Kurzbeschreibung
..". a warm, interesting, intellectual biography... " --German Studies Review
..". thoughtful analysis... fine book... " --Slavic Review
The remarkable life of the maverick German socialist feminist Lily Braun (1865-1916) and the relevance of her ideas to the women's movement of our own day emerge with strength and sensitivity.
