Why read Eve and the New Jerusalem?

Book cover of Eve and the New Jerusalem: Socialism and Feminism in the Nineteenth Century

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A new edition of Barbara Taylor's classic book, with a new introduction.

In the early nineteenth century, radicals all over Europe and America began to conceive of a 'New Moral World', and struggled to create their own utopias, with collective family life, communal property, free love and birth control. In…

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1 author picked Eve and the New Jerusalem as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Cecilia Morgan

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This book is very dear to me because of the author’s breadth of vision, the creativity with which she approached it, and the radical possibilities for women’s lives and gender relations in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries that she uncovered.

Taylor demonstrates the importance of radical utopianism in challenging traditional notions of gender relations and marriage and introduces us to fascinating women who were part of that process. Her book shows us how new possibilities were considered for society and makes us realize that women’s marginalization in more mainstream socialist parties was not inevitable. Taylor’s writing is elegant…

From Cecilia's list on The best books in social and women’s history.