Feminist movement

John Stuart Mill and Women 's Movement

Feminist Movement

Feminist Movement

John Stuart Mill was born in London in 1806 . He became renowned as an economist , a writer , a philosopher and senior personnel in the East India Company (EIC . John Stuart Mill rendered much of his life time to a prominent activist working for women 's rights and movements

The Beginning

The history which links Mill to the feminist movement dates back to the year 1851 when he married to a widow named Harriet Taylor and got settled in Blackheath

Park . This place is said to be his spot from where a number of influential writings that advocated women 's right were written , which subsequently became popular worldwide . The Victorian Women 's Movement in England is also said to reach to this very place of Mill in the hope of counseling , headship and financial assistance (Sunshine for Women , 2003

Mill started working for the women 's cause after getting married to Taylor . As a matter of fact , he had to be subtle in participating in reform movements while being a member of the EIC . This is the reason he had to use his pen to work for the purpose

Mill retired from the East India Company in 1858 . The first popular writing that he have with his name was written in 1860 and 1861 entitled as The Subjection of Women , which he did not give to publish as yet (Sunshine for Women , 2003

The Breakthrough

In the year 1865 , Mill...