ISBN:
9781136405976
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1136405976
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1306717477
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9781306717472
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (353 pages)
Series Statement:
Women's and Gender History
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hall, Lesley A Outspoken Women
DDC:
306.708209410904
Keywords:
Sex customs History
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19th century
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Great Britain
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Sex customs History
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20th century
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Great Britain
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Sex instruction literature History
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Great Britain
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Women social reformers Biography
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Great Britain
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Women authors, English Biography
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19th century
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Women authors, English Biography
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20th century
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Sex role in literature
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Sex instruction literature History
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Women social reformers Biography
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Women authors, English Biography 19th century
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Women authors, English Biography 20th century
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Sex customs History 20th century
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Sex customs History 19th century
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Sexual Behavior
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history
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Literature
;
history
;
Social Change
;
history
;
Women
;
history
;
Great Britain
;
Great Britain
;
History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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Social Values
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Literature history
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Women history
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Sexual Behavior history
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Social Change history
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Sex customs
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Sex instruction literature
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Sex role in literature
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Women authors, English
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Women social reformers
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Biographies
;
History
;
United Kingdom
;
Great Britain
;
Electronic books Biography
;
History
Abstract:
Studying a broader period than its contemporaries, this comprehensive study reveals a neglected tradition of British women's writing from the Victorian era to the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Outspoken Women brings together the many and varied non-fictional writings of British women on sexual attitudes and behaviour, beginning nearly a hundred years prior to the 'second wave' of feminism. Commentators cover a broad range of perspectives and include Darwinists, sexologists, and campaigners against the spread of VD, as well as women writing about their own lives and experi
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-333) and index. - Print version record
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