A Nation of Women

An Early Feminist Speaks Out

Luisa Capetillo author Félix V Matos Rodríguez editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:24th Feb '22

£11.99

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A Nation of Women cover

In 1915, Puerto Rican activist Luisa Capetillo was arrested for wearing men's trousers in public. This act of rebellion was the result of a lifelong devotion to socialist and feminist thought. And this zeal runs throughout her brilliant essays: in the challenges to big business, in her strident campaigning for the legalization of divorce, in the championing of 'free love'. At once a sharp critique and a celebration of world politics, A Nation of Women embraces humanism and envisions a world in which economic and social structures can be broken down, allowing both the worker and the woman to be free.

ISBN: 9780143136071

Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 15mm

Weight: 159g

320 pages