La literatura feminista és aquella literatura de ficció o no-ficció que té els objectius feministes de definir, establir i defensar la igualtat de drets civils, polítics, econòmics i socials per a les dones. Sovint identifica el paper de les dones com desigual al dels homes, particularment en relació amb l'estatus social, els privilegis o el poder, i generalment descriu les conseqüències per a les dones, els homes, les famílies, les comunitats i les societats com a indesitjables.
Llista d'obres feministes A continuació segueix una llista de les principals obres de caràcter feminista. Els llibres i les revistes es troben en cursiva, i està organitzada segons l'any de publicació.
Segle XV The Book of the City of Ladies, Christine de Pisan (ca. 1405) Le tresor de la cité des dames, meaning The Treasure of the City of Ladies, Christine de Pisan (ca. 1405)The Project Gutenberg ebook of Le tresor de la cité des dames, by Christine de Pisan The Tale of Joan of Arc, Christine de Pisan (1429)Joan of Arc - Maid of Heaven - Song of Joan of Arc by Christine de Pisan The Wife of Bath's Tale - Chaucer
Segle XVI The Superior Excellence of Women Over Men, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1529) The Defense of Good Women, Thomas Elyot (1545) Le Promenoir de M. de Montaigne qui traite de l'amour dans l'œuvre de Plutarque, Marie le Jars de Gournay (1584)Promenoir+ de Monsieur de Montaigne. Par sa fille d'alliance Her Protection for Women, Jane Anger (1589)Jane Anger her Protection for Women. To defend them against the scandalous reportes of a late Surfeiting Lover, and all other like Venerians that complaine so to bee overcloye...
Segle Poem 92, called Philosophical Satire, sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1600s)Poema 92. Sátira filosófica A Muzzle for Melastomus, the Cynical Baiter of, and Foul-mouthed Barker Against Eve's Sex. Or An Apologetical Answer to that Irreligious and Illiterate Pamphlet Made by Jo. Sw. And By Him Entitled, "The Arraignment of Women", Rachel Speght (1617) Ester Hath Hang'd Haman: An Answer To a Lewd Pamphlet, Entitled "The Arraignment of Women," With the Arraignment of Lewd, Idle Forward, and Unconstant Men, and Husbands, Ester Sowernam (1617) Swetnam the Woman-Hater, Anonymous (1620) Égalité des hommes et des femmes, Marie Le Jars de Gournay (1622) Grief des dames, Marie Le Jars de Gournay (1626) Women's Speaking Justified, Proved, and Allowed of by the Scriptures, All such as speak by the Spirit and Power of the Lord Jesus. And how Women were the first that Preached the Tidings of the Resurrection of Jesus, and were sent by Christ's own Command, before he Ascended to the Father, John 20. 17., Margaret Fell (1667)Margaret Fell, "Women's Speaking Justified..." An Essay to Revive the Antient [sic] Education of Gentlewomen in Religion, Manners, Arts & Tongues, with An Answer to the Objections Against this Way of Education., Bathsua Makin (1673) De l'égalité des deux sexes, François Poullain de la Barre (1673)De l'égalité des deux sexes, discours physique et moral où l'on voit l'importance de se défaire des préjugez De l'Éducation des dames pour la conduite de l'esprit dans les sciences et dans les mœurs, entretiens, François Poullain de la Barre (1674)De l'éducation des dames pour la conduite de l'esprit dans les sciences et dans les moeurs. Entretiens La Princesse de Clèves, Madame de Lafayette (1678) Female Advocate or, an Answer to a Late Satyr Against the Pride, Lust and Inconstancy, &c. of Woman. Written by a Lady in Vindication of her Sex, Sarah Fyge Egerton (1686) A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest, Mary Astell (1694) An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In Which Are Inserted the Characters of a Pedant, a Squire, a Beau, a Vertuoso, a Poetaster, a City-Critick, &c. In a Letter to a Lady. Written by a Lady, Judith Drake (1697)s:An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex A Serious Proposal, Part II, Mary Astell (1697) The Adventure of the Black Lady, Aphra Behn (1697)
Segle Some Reflections Upon Marriage, Occasioned by the Duke and Dutchess of Mazarine's Case; Which is Also Considered., Mary Astell (1700) The Ladies' Defence, Or, a Dialogue Between Sir John Brute, Sir William Loveall, Melissa, and a Parson, Lady Mary Chudleigh (1701) The Education of Women, Daniel Defoe (1719) The Emulation, Sarah Fyge (1719) The Woman's Labour, Mary Collier (1739) An Essay on Woman in Three Epistles, Mary Leapor (1763) Letters on Women's Rights, Abigail and John Adams (1776)Letters Of Abigail Adams Desultory Thoughts upon the Utility of Encouraging a Degree of Self-Complacency, Especially in Female Bosoms, Judith Sargent Murray (1784) Philosophie eines Weibs: Von einer Beobachterin, Marianne Ehrmann (1784) Mary: A Fiction, Mary Wollstonecraft (1788)The Project Gutenberg eBook of Mary, by Mary Wollstonecraft Petition of Women of the Third Estate to the King (1789)"Petition of Women of the Third Estate to the King" (1 January 1789) "Women's Petition to the [French] National Assembly" (1789)Women's Petition to the National Assembly On the Admission of Women to the Rights of Citizenship, Marquis de Condorcet (1790) "On the Equality of the Sexes", Judith Sargent Murray, a The Massachusetts Magazine, or, Monthly Museum Concerning the Literature, History, Politics, Arts, Manners, Amusements of the Age, Vol. II (1790)On the Equality of the Sexes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft (1791)Vindication of the Rights of Woman Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, Olympe de Gouges (1791) The Rights of Women [including the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen], Olympe de Gouges (1791) Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft (1798)
Segle 1810–1820 Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen (1813) An Address to the Public; Particularly to the Members of the Legislature of New-York, Proposing a Plan for Improving Female Education, Emma Willard (1819) The Skeleton Count, or The Vampire Mistress, Elizabeth Caroline Grey (1828)
1830 Indiana (novel·la), George Sand -pseudònim de Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin- (1832) Marriage Law Protest, Robert Dale Owen (1832) Valentine, George Sand -pseudònim de Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin- (1832) Lélia, George Sand -pseudònim de Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin- (1833) Jacques, George Sand -pseudònim de Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin- (1834) The History of the Condition of Women in Various Ages and Nations, Lydia Maria Child (1835) Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, Sarah Grimke (1837) Remarks Comprising in Substance Judge Hertell's Argument in the House of Assembly in the State of New York in the Session of 1837 in Support of the Bill to Restore to Married Women the 'Right of Property' as Guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, Judge Thomas Hertell (1837) The Times that Try Men's Souls, Maria Weston Chapman (1837) Woman, Harriet Martineau (1837)"Woman" by Harriet Martineau On Marriage, Harriet Martineau (1838)"On marriage" by Harriet Martineau
1840 The Great Lawsuit, Margaret Fuller (1843)Margaret Fuller Brief History of the Condition of Women: in Various Ages and Nations, Volume 2, Lydia Maria Child (1845) The Rights and Condition of Women, Samuel May (1845)The rights and condition of women: a sermon, preached in Syracuse, Nov., 1845, by Samuel J. May Woman in the Nineteenth Century, Margaret Fuller (1845)Margaret Fuller Poganka (The Heathen Woman), by Narcyza Żmichowska (1846)Maria Woźniakiewicz-Dziadosz, Dzieje przyjaźni entuzjastek w świetle listów Narcyzy Żmichowskiej do Bibianny Moraczewskiej Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë (1847) Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1848) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë (1848) Voting Rights Speech, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1848) Discourse on Woman, Lucretia Mott (1849)Gifts of Speech - Lucretia Mott
1850 Woman and Her Needs, Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1850-1851) Ain't I a Woman? conferència de Sojourner Truth (1851) Enfranchisement of Women, Harriet Taylor Mill, a the Westminster Review (1851) Speech at the National Woman's Rights Convention, Ernestine Rose (1851)Ernestine Potowski Rose: Speech at the National Woman's Rights Convention The Responsibilities of Woman, Clarina Howard Nichols (1851)Clarina Howard Nichols: The Responsibilities of Woman Speech at the National Woman's Rights Convention, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1852) Villette, Charlotte Brontë (1853) What Time of Night It Is, Sojourner Truth (1853)Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to Women's History Women's Rights, William Lloyd Garrison (1853) A Brief Summary in Plain Language of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women, Barbara Bodichon (1854) Address to the Legislature of New York, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1854)Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Address to the Legislature of New York English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century, Caroline Norton (1854)English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century A Letter to the Queen On Lord Chancellor Cranworth's Marriage and Divorce Bill, Caroline Norton (1855)A Letter to the Queen on Lord Chancellor Cranford's Marriage and Divorce Bill Marriage of Lucy Stone Under Protest, Lucy Stone, Rev. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Henry Blackwell (1855) Ruth Hall, Fanny Fern (1855)Ruth Hall, by "Fanny Fern" (1854) Hertha, Fredrika Bremer (1856)Hertha eller en själs historia Consistent democracy. The elective franchise for women. Twenty-five testimonies of prominent men, viz: ex-Gov. Anthony of R.I., Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Rev. Wm.H. Channing [etc.]" (1858)Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 Female Ministry, Or, Woman's Right to Preach the Gospel, Catherine Booth (1859)Female Ministry; or, Woman's Right to Preach the Gospel Ought Women to Learn the Alphabet?, Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1859)Ought Women to Learn the Alphabet? - The Atlantic
1860 A Practical Illustration of 'Woman's Right to Labor;' or, A Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D., Late of Berlin, Prussia, Caroline H. Dall (ed.) (1860)A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor;" by Marie E. Zakrzewska A Slave's Appeal, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1860)Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Slave's Appeal Female Teaching, Catherine Booth (1861)Female Teaching: Or, The Rev. A.A. Rees versus Mrs. Palmer, Being a Reply to a Pamphlet by the Above Gentleman on the Sunderland Revival Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Jacobs (1861) A Woman's Philosophy of Woman; or Woman Affranchised. An Answer to Michelet, Proudhon, Girardin, Legouve, Comte, and Other Modern Innovators, Jenny d'Héricourt (1864) A Long Fatal Love Chase, Louisa May Alcott (1866) Objections to the Enfranchisement of Women Considered, Barbara Bodichon (1866)Objections to the Enfranchisement of Women Considered The Higher Education of Women, Emily Davies (1866) Address To The First Anniversary Of The American Equal Rights Association, Frances D. Gage (1867)Frances D. Gage: Address To The First Anniversary Of The American Equal Rights Association Keeping the Thing Going While Things Are Stirring, Sojourner Truth (1867)Sojourner Truth Little Women, Louisa May Alcott (1868) The Destructive Male, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1868)Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Destructive Male The Education and Employment of Women, Josephine Butler (1868)The Education and Employment of Women Criminals, Idiots, Women, and Minors, Frances Power Cobbe (1869)Criminals, idiots, women and minors The Subjection of Women, John Stuart Mill (1869)The Subjection of Women La mujer del porvenir, Concepción Arenal (1869) Women and Politics, Charles Kingsley (1869)Women and Politics
1870 "About Marrying Too Young" a The Revolution, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1870) Are Women A Class?, Lillie Blake (1870)