There is a reason why America produced the most vigorous feminist movement in the world: We were one of the only countries in which the middle class (which is wealthy by world standards) customarily employed its own women as domestic servants.


Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class (1989)


There is a reason why America produced the most vigorous feminist movement in the world: We were one of the only countries in which the middle class...

There is a reason why America produced the most vigorous feminist movement in the world: We were one of the only countries in which the middle class...

There is a reason why America produced the most vigorous feminist movement in the world: We were one of the only countries in which the middle class...

There is a reason why America produced the most vigorous feminist movement in the world: We were one of the only countries in which the middle class...