In his autobiography, Mill describes his indebtedness to his wife, and his daughter Helen Taylor for the creation of The Subjection of Women:Īs ultimately published it was enriched with some important ideas of my daughter’s and some passages of her writing. At the time of its publication, the essay's argument for equality between the sexes was an affront to European conventional norms regarding the status of men and women. Mill submitted the finished manuscript of their collaborative work On Liberty (1859) soon after her untimely death in late 1858, and then continued work on The Subjection of Women until its completion in 1861.
Mill's work affords insight not only into the issue of women's emancipation, but also into the world of 19th century liberalism: its views of history, of class, and of slavery." - Peter C Caldwell, Rice University.The Subjection of Women is an essay by English philosopher, political economist and civil servant John Stuart Mill published in 1869, with ideas he developed jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill. Ian Shapiro, Yale University, "An excellent and affordable edition, with a pithy introduction by Okin that that contextualizes and summarizes the argument well. Invaluable for teaching and scholarship alike. A clear and helpful introduction by Susan Okin, one of the leading feminist scholars of our generation, as well as a useful bibliography and chronology of Mill's life. Invaluable for teaching and scholarship alike." - Ian Shapiro, Yale University., Reasonably priced and beautifully produced.
Caldwell, Rice University, ".A clear and helpful introduction by Susan Okin, one of the leading feminist scholars of our generation, as well as a useful bibliography and chronology of Mill's life. Mill's work affords insight not only into the issue of women's emancipation, but also into the world of 19th century liberalism: its views of history, of class, and of slavery." -Peter C. Caldwell, Rice University, "An excellent and affordable edition, with a pithy introduction by Okin that that contextualizes and summarizes the argument well. Mill's work affords insight not only into the issue of women's emancipation, but also into the world of 19th century liberalism: its views of history, of class, and of slavery.
An excellent and affordable edition, with a pithy introduction by Okin that that contextualizes and summarizes the argument well.
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