Annie Denton Cridge

Man's Rights Annie Denton Cridge

An early feminist Utopian satire. Man's Rights presents a set of dreams, envisioning a satirical utopia set on Mars where gender roles have been reversed. Women are beautiful, practical and powerful, with caring but potentially patronising attitudes to men. Meanwhile, the men are frustrated by their limited life opportunities, the daily wearing of decorative, impractical clothes and the daily grind of household chores. Born in England in 1825, author Annie Denton Cridge (1825-1875) moved to America in the 1840's where she became a suffragist, lecturer, spiritualist and social reformer.