The peculiar feminism of John Stuart Mill: female slavery

Authors

  • M.ª Fátima del Olmo Rodríguez Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/arenal.v6i2.16900

Keywords:

Feminism, Liberalism, Mill, Taylor, Sufragism, Great Britain, Victorian Era

Abstract

The philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) devoted part of his creation to the specific troubles of women, fighting to get equality and liberty in same conditions as men had. In order to finish with which Mill looked as a brake for human progress, he published in 1869 his well-known feminist book: The Subjection of Women. It took innovator equalitarist propositions (equality and liberty, improvement in education, enfranchisement, new marital laws, ...) and subversive critics against ruling situation of women; but, in the other side, Mill also fell to some conservative victorian thoughts. Along his feminist evolution, it must not be forgotten his intelectual and vital collaboration with his wife, Harriet Taylor.

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Published

1999-06-02

How to Cite

del Olmo Rodríguez, M. F. (1999). The peculiar feminism of John Stuart Mill: female slavery. Arenal. Revista De Historia De Las Mujeres, 6(2), 345–363. https://doi.org/10.30827/arenal.v6i2.16900