The Subjection of Women
1869 essay by John Stuart Mill / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Subjection of Women is an essay by English philosopher, political economist and civil servant John Stuart Mill published in 1869,[1] with ideas he developed jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill. 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.
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Author | John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer |
Publication date | 1869 |
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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.