ISBN:
9780415825665
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 252 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Routledge research in gender and history 15
Series Statement:
Routledge research in gender and history
DDC:
305.42094109/034
Keywords:
Women Political activity 19th century
;
History
;
Feminism History 19th century
;
Women Social conditions 19th century
;
Great Britain Politics and government 19th century
;
Women
;
Political activity
;
Great Britain
;
History
;
19th century
;
Feminism
;
Great Britain
;
History
;
19th century
;
Women
;
Great Britain
;
Social conditions
;
19th century
;
Great Britain
;
Politics and government
;
19th century
;
Großbritannien
;
Frau
;
Feminismus
;
Politische Beteiligung
;
Politisches Handeln
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: the political worlds of women in nineteenth-century Britain -- Politics at home -- Useful soup for benevolent purposes: the politics of domestic economy -- Philanthropic economy: radicalism, women, and charity -- Women and the politics of the parish -- Female petitioning: the multiform warfare of political life -- From the ventilator to the ladies' cage: women and the Houses of Parliament -- Encounters with imperial and international affairs -- British women and the rosewater revolution -- Conclusion: spheres and spaces; borders and frontiers.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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