Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Commencing the project -- An overview -- Nineteenth century thought -- Sarah Grimk�e and politics -- The feminist Grimk�e -- Anna Julia Cooper and color -- Cooper, gender, and politics -- Politics and the twentieth century -- Jane Addams's work -- Reading Addams and feminism -- Radicalism and Luxemburg -- A new look at Luxemburg -- Arendt as philosopher -- Women and Arendt -- Final views -- Concluding the project.

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