The Feminist Papers - From Adams to de Beauvoir

This book is about women studies. Alice Rossi well written preface " the essential work of feminism" published over a period of 200 years. from Adams to de Beauvoir. Rossi notes that while achieving men are considered creative, achieving women are thought of as neurotic. Her disagreement with this kind or orientation set the tine for her introduction, which is, nevertheless, critically balanced and insightful concerning the development of feminist minds.