Evaluate whether the feminist movement of the 1800s was driven mainly by a desire for economic equality or for political equality.
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The nineteenth-century feminist movement was driven by both goals, but its priorities split along class lines: middle-class liberal feminists focused on political rights and legal equality, while socialist and working-class women put economic equality and working conditions first.
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Fawcett's article appeared in a male-owned liberal magazine, so her audience of educated liberal men explains why she argues for women's rights in the language of liberal principles and reasoned reform rather than socialism.
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Explain how economic and political goals were linked (property rights as a precondition for citizenship), or compare national differences between British, French, German, Italian and Spanish movements.
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