ISBN:
9781315318011
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (353 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Rogers, Helen Women and the People : Authority, Authorship and the Radical Tradition in Nineteenth-Century England
DDC:
305.42/0942/09034
Keywords:
Radicalism History 19th century
;
Liberalism History 19th century
;
Women Political activity 19th century
;
History
;
Feminism History 19th century
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Women and the People: Re-making the Radical Tradition -- I The meanings of the populist idiom -- II Radicalism and representation -- III The ambiguities of radicalism -- IV Rethinking experience -- V The authority of experience -- VI Politics and power -- 2 A Leader of the People: Eliza Sharples and the Radical Platform, 1832-52 -- I Isis: conversion and rebirth -- II Eve: freethought and the politics of knowledge -- III Liberty: women and republicanism -- IV The Lady of the Rotunda: women in public -- V Hypatia: the perils of martyrdom -- 3 Women of the People: Influence and Force in the Chartist Movement, 1838-48 -- I Moral- and physical-force Chartism: a contested history -- II The Birmingham Women's Political Union and the influence of women -- III The BWPU and the use of experience -- IV The BWPU and the threat of force -- V The Nottingham Female Political Union and the power of women -- VI 'What power has woman . . . ?' Rhetoric and agency in the Chartist movement -- 4 Serving the People: Feminist Writers and the Politics of Improvement, 1830-50 -- I Radicals and writers -- II Feminism and the radical unitarians -- III Writing for the people -- IV Serving the cause of labour -- V Authorship and authority -- 5 The Daughters of the People: Representing the Needlewomen, 1841-64 -- I Women's work in the needle trades -- II 'No slavery is worse': the Children's Employment Commissions and the dressmakers -- III 'A tragic and touching romance': Henry Mayhew and the slopwomen -- IV 'Let the words of the poor girl . . . sink deep into your heart': the politics of needlework -- V 'The work of emancipation': the women's movements and the needlewomen -- 6 The People and the Outcast: The Repeal Movement and the Battle for Liberalism, 1870-74
Abstract:
I 'The people and their rulers': the contested elections and English democracy -- II The 'solemn trust': electors and the people -- III 'By force of conscience': the politics of influence -- IV 'The old traditions of the party': the contest for the Liberal Party -- V 'Those who are instructed in history': rewriting the past -- rewriting the future -- 7 Of the Common People: The Dimensions of a Radical Life, Mary Smith, 1822-89 -- I Reading autobiography -- II 'Of the order of the common people': childhood and identity -- III 'A lady without money': work, mobility and status -- IV 'Women must be their own helpers just as every class and every individual must': the politics of improvement -- V 'The inner cravings of my soul': writing and subjectivity -- 8 Beyond the People? Reconfiguring the Radical Tradition -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
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