Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (123 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Levine, Philippa Victorian feminism, 1850-1900
DDC:
305.42/0941/09034
Keywords:
Women Social conditions
;
Feminism History 19th century
;
Women History 19th century
;
Feminism
;
Women
;
Women ; Social conditions
;
History
;
Electronic books
;
Great Britain
Abstract:
1. Introduction -- 2. Education: the first step -- 3. The public sphere: politics, local and national -- 4. Employment and the professions: middle-class women and work -- 5. Trade, industry and organization: working-class women and work -- 6. Marriage and morality -- 7. Epilogue -- Further reading -- Index.
Abstract:
Levine traces the changing face of a half century of England's feminist movement, the personalities who dominated it, its pressing issues, and the tactics employed in the fight. Political themes common to the specific protests, she finds, included women's moral superiority, a close-knit sense of a supportive female community, and a conscious woman-centeredness of interests
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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