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Containing matters Conserning those deliberate Constructions of vars. Societies which are most frequently (though not altogether Always we may discover) considered Utopias, in partickular chuzing to focus on Those relating to the Subject of Women's Rights, in which many delightful Dreams, Adventures, Philosophies, and the Reactions hitherto are explored.Timestamps:introduction, Margaret Cavendish - "The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World" (1666) (0:00)Mary Griffith - "Three Hundred Years Hence" (1836) (46:06)Annie Denton Cridge - "Man's Rights; Or, How Would You Like It?" (1870) (1:19:40)Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain - "Sultana's Dream" (1905) (1:50:11)Anna Bowman Dodd - "The Republic of the Future: or, Socialism a Reality" (1887) (2:04:33)Two Women of the West - "Unveiling a Parallel: A Romance" (1893) (2:31:34)Charlotte Perkins Gilman - "Herland" (1915) (3:12:38)Bibliography of works cited:Calvin, Ritch. Feminist Science Fiction and Feminist Epistemology: Four Modes Chalmers, Hero. "Dismantling the myth of 'mad madge': the cultural context of Margaret Cavendish's authorial self-presentation". Women's Writing, 4:3, 323-340, 1997Cox, Robt. "A Spontaneous Flow: The Geological Contributions of Mary Griffith, 1772-1846". Earth Sciences History (1993) Kessler, Carol Farley, ed. Daring to dream : Utopian fiction by United States women before 1950. Lilley, Kate. Introduction to "The Blazing World", Penguin, 2014 ed.Pepys, Samuel. Diary, 1667Ockerbloom, Mary Mark. A Celebration of Women Writers. https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/Parrington, Vernon L. American Dreams: A Study of American Utopias Pfaelzer, Jean. The Utopian Novel in America 1886–1896: The Politics of FormPohl, Nicole. "'Of Mixt Natures': Questions of Genre in Margaret Cavendish's The Blazing World", , in "A princely brave woman: essays on Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle", ed. Stephen ClucasPurdy, Lillian M. "Mary Griffith’s Three Hundred Years Hence: Utopia, Women, and Marriage". The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 22 November 2018Sarasohn, Lisa T. The Natural Philosophy of Margaret Cavendish: Reason and Fancy during the Scientific RevolutionSargent, Lyman Tower. British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985: An Annotated Chronological BibliographySchlosser, Lise Mae. "Mrs. Dalloway and the Duchess: Virginia Woolf Reads and Writes Margaret Cavendish", Literature Compass, 2008, no 5 Smith, Becca C. Forgotten Female Fiction: Two Women of the West. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdtvt4NWTaYVanguard. At International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals. http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/vanguard/Walters, Lisa. Margaret Cavendish: Gender, Science and PoliticsFor a list of Gilman studies, see the helpful list at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman#Academic_studies
