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Three guineas
352 pages
A resolute, intellectual exploration of how women's societal disenfranchisement intersects with the machinery of war.
What it feels like
Reading this text feels like sitting with a brilliant, uncompromising mind as it dissects the societal structures that inevitably lead to conflict. The pace is steady and deliberate, asking the reader to carefully examine the deep, systemic connections between women's rights, education, professional employment, and the prevention of war. It is an intellectual journey that builds from a specific, measured inquiry into everyday requests for societal support, transforming into a sweeping, impassioned plea for a new kind of feminist solidarity. The mood is both contemplative and urgent, steeped in a resolute desire for peace. Readers who crave foundational feminist theory and rigorous, thought-provoking prose will find themselves deeply engaged by this powerful call to dismantle man-made systems of destruction.
- Mood
- contemplative
- resolute
- urgent
- Tone
- analytical
- persuasive
- critical
- impassioned
- Pace
- steady
- Themes
- feminist solidarity · systemic inequality · the roots of conflict · pacifism and prevention
- The writing
- Rhetorical and deeply analytical, the prose builds its arguments with careful, persuasive precision.
- The arc
- The text moves from a measured consideration of societal requests to a resolute, impassioned call for systemic change and pacifist solidarity.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave rigorous feminist theory and philosophical inquiries into the intersections of gender, society, and conflict.
Content notes
- discussions of war
- systemic sexism
About the book
In response to three requests for donations (to a peace society; to a woman's college rebuilding fund; to a society for obtaining employment for professional women) the author proposes that "the daughters of educated men" unite in opposition to man-made war.
Description from Open Library.
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