Annie Denton Cridge (1825-1875) was a British-born American author, suffragist, socialist, and lecturer. Born in England, she emigrated to the United States in 1842 with her brother William. Marrying Alfred Cridge, she settled in Dayton, Ohio, where she published the Vanguard, an influential progressive newspaper. Inspired by the loss of her infant son in 1857, Cridge rejected the Evangelicalism of her youth, embracing spiritualism and undergoing a radical political awakening. She made a career for herself as a writer of innovative stories and novels blending satire, science-fiction, and advocacy for women's rights. Her most notable work is Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It? (1870), now recognized as the first feminist utopian novel.

In a series of dreams, a woman visits Mars, where a society run by women faces an uprising of oppressed men. Unable to leave their homes, the Martian men, enabled by recent technological advances, use their freedom to organize against the women in power. Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It? is a feminist utopian novel by Annie Denton Cridge.