Utopian Dream or Dystopian Nightmare? Nineteenth-Century Feminist Ideas About Equality.

Examines the deep differences within the 19th-century feminist movement. Feminist ideologies ranged from those who wanted to improve women's position within existing social boundaries to those who proposed major alterations in those boundaries to effect gender equality. Identifies two major strands of feminist thought: the utopian-radical, which sought to alter boundaries, and the conservative-sentimental, which wanted to retain the emphasis on women in a domestic sphere.