The trouble with white women: a counterhistory of feminism

Foreword / [Brittney Cooper]

Introduction: feminist fault lines

Part I. Civilizing

Women's rights are white rights? Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frances E. W. Harper

White sympathy versus black self-determination: Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Jacobs

Settler mothers and native orphans: Alice C. Fletcher and Zitkala-S̈a

Part II. Cleansing

Birthing a better nation: Margaret Sanger and Dr. Dorothy Ferebee

Taking feminism to the streets: Pauli Murray and Betty Friedan

TERF gatekeeping and trans feminist horizons: Janice Raymond and Sandy Stone

Part III. Optimizing

Leaning in or squadding up: Sheryl Sandberg and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortes

Conclusion: two feminisms, one future.