Carrie L. Cokely | Britannica

Carrie L. Cokely

Contributor

BIOGRAPHY

Director, First Year Seminar, Curry College. Her contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Gender and Society (2009) formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.

Primary Contributions (3)

Articles

Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen

Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, pamphlet by French writer and social reformer Olympe de Gouges published in France in 1791. Modeled on the 1789 document known as the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the [Male] Citizen (Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du…

Rosie the Riveter

Declaration of Sentiments

Publications (1)

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society (2009)

By Jodi O'Brien

2009 RUSA Outstanding Reference
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009

"Given both the interdisciplinarity of the field of gender scholarship and the immense significance of gender to both indviduals and societies, it is probably impossible to produce such a compendium. The editor, advisory team, and contributors are to be credited for tackling a project of such immense scope...O'Brien's commitment to the possibility of a more-informed discourse on the highly complex and nuanced...