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Isaac Merritt Singer: A Womanizer Who Liberated Women, Sharon Hughes
Isaac Merritt Singer: A Womanizer Who Liberated Women, Sharon Hughes
History Theses
Isaac Merritt Singer's life chronicles the rise of a common man who, while lacking wealth, linage, and education, was able to achieve tremendous success and fortune in nineteenth-century America. Singer is the archetypical self-made man or the perfect rags to riches icon. His wealth came from a machine that he skillfully perfected, cleverly marketed, and relentlessly promoted. Singer's machine made him a very wealthy man and placed him in command of his destiny. In telling the saga of this self-made man, another story is illuminated, that of the women of the nineteenth century. Singer's story is enmeshed with the stories …
Steel Chrysanthemums: Feminism And Nationalist Rhetoric In Meiji Japan, Alix Bruce
Steel Chrysanthemums: Feminism And Nationalist Rhetoric In Meiji Japan, Alix Bruce
History Theses
This thesis focuses on Hiratsuka Raichou, a prominent Japanese feminist, and Tsuda Umeko, a famous educator, and their published works in regards to the nationalistic Meiji state. By analyzing their work, as well as the contexts within which they operated, a new perspective on feminism in Japan can be put forward: that feminism, like many other movements in Japan during the same period, was affected extensively by Japanese nationalism and the cult of imperial personality.