ISBN:
9780313384998
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 286 Seiten)
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Series Statement:
The Greenwood Press Daily life through history series
Series Statement:
Daily Life Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Murdoch, Lydia, - 1970- Daily life of Victorian women
DDC:
305.40941
Keywords:
Sex role History 19th century
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Women's rights
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Women Social conditions
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Women History 19th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions
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Electronic books
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Great Britain Social conditions 19th century
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"Explores the complexities of the lived experiences of Victorian women in the home, the workplace, and the empire as well as the ideals of womanhood and femininity that developed during the 19th century"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction: Victorian Contexts and Ideals of Womanhood; 1. Women and the State; 2. Religion, Spiritualism, and Death; 3. Family, Home, and Leisure; 4. Health and Sexuality; 5. Childrearing, Youth, and Education; 6. Wage Labor and Professional Work; 7. Urban Life; 8. Women and Empire; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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