Voices of women in Jamaica, 1898-1939 / compiled by Linnette Vassell.

"October 1993."

Home relations and duties / Catherine McKenzie (1898) -- A good woman / Anna Marvin (1905) -- The new woman / Anonymous (1925) -- Women as leaders nationally and racially / Amy Jacques Garvey (1925) -- Jamaica's victory / Una Marson (1929) -- Message of Her Grace, the Duchess of Atholl to the women of Jamaica (1929) -- Woman's rights / Catherine McKenzie (1901) -- The upward and onward society / Miss Mills (1905) -- Votes for women / Nellie Latrielle (1918) -- Petition for the vote for women (1918) -- The work of the Women's Social Service Club, and of the Child Saving League / H. Lambert (1921) -- The age of woman / Una Marson (1929) -- The women's social service / Una Marson (1929).

Women's relationship to labour / Adina Spencer (1935) -- A woman's plea for women / A. Robinson (1935) -- Should our women enter politics / Una Marson (1937) -- Women and politics / Amy Bailey (1937) -- Feminism / Una Marson (1937) -- Women's clubs of Jamaica / Eulalie Domingo (1937) -- Are we blameless / Amy Bailey (1937) -- Reply of Child Welfare Association to accusation of Mrs. M. Knibb / Judith DeCordova (1938) -- Mrs. Knibb defends her evidence before commission (1928) -- Bees in my bonnet: the middle class / Eulalie Domingo (1938) -- Sweeping victory for women: call to women / Mary Morris-Knibb (1939).

"Brief selection of writings provides insights into diverse experiences and opinions of women in early 20th-century Jamaica. Their comments on issues ranging from politics to social welfare indicate how they sought to influence the realities they faced, and how their lives were shaped by class, race, gender, and nationality. Especially helpful in obtaining framework for understanding Caribbean and Jamaican feminist perspective"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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