ISBN:
9780198910268
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 302 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.42094109034
Keywords:
Davies, Emily / 1830-1921
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Biography / ukslc
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Biography & non-fiction prose / thema
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Feminists / Great Britain / Biography
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Women educators / Great Britain / Biography
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Feminism / Great Britain / History
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Women / Education / Great Britain / History
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Women / Suffrage / Great Britain / History
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Biografie
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Biografie
Abstract:
Emily Davies was a central figure in the mid-Victorian women's movement. Formidably intelligent, fiercely determined, and an indefatigable campaigner and organiser, the socially and politically conservative Davies directed the first campaign for female suffrage in 1866-7. She was one of the first women elected to public office in 1870, campaigned successfully for the admission of girls to school leaving examinations, played a significant part in the reform of girls' secondary school provision, and established Girton College, Cambridge, Britain's first university-level college for women. This book combines the first scholarly biography of Davies with a radically new account of the mid-Victorian women's movement
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198910237.001.0001
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