Who was the first socialist to believe that the general well-being is incomplete without including women? 

Who was the first socialist to believe that the general well-being is incomplete without including women?  Correct Answer Charles Fourier

The correct answer is Charles Fourier.

Key Points

  • Charles Fourier was a French socialist who advocated a reconstruction of society based on communal associations of producers known as phalanges.
  • His system came to be known as Fourierism.
  • Charles Fourier was the founder of a feminist tradition within french socialism.
  • He was the first socialist to believe that general well-being is incomplete without including women.
  • His condemnations of injustices of contemporary society incorporated a critique of the subjection of women, and in the ideal world of harmony which he envisaged the 'liberty' of women would be guaranteed.
  • Fourier is credited to have originated the word 'Feminism' in 1837.

 Thus, we can say that Charles Fourier was the first socialist to believe that general well-being is incomplete without including women.

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