Eleanor Flexner
Eleanor Flexner | |
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| Born | October 4, 1908 |
| Died | March 25, 1995 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Historian, Activist |
| Known for | Century of Struggle: The Woman's Rights Movement in the United States |
Eleanor Flexner (October 4, 1908 – March 25, 1995) was an American independent scholar and pioneer in what was to become the field of women's studies. Her book Century of Struggle: The Woman's Rights Movement in the United States, originally published in 1959, relates women's work for the vote to other 19th- and early 20th-century social, labor, and reform movements, most importantly the push for equal education, the abolition of slavery, and temperance laws.