ISBN:
9781107092792
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (202 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version In Search of the New Woman : Middle Class Women and Work in Britain, 1870–1914
DDC:
305.4094109/034
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
A study of the 'New Woman' phenomenon, examining whether British women really achieved the economic independence to challenge social conventions
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title page; Ttitle page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; 1 'a sort of Bogey whom no-one has ever seen'? The nature of the search ; 2 'all that she sees before her hellip is teaching': formal schooling and its opportunities ; 3 'the exercise of what may be termed her maternal faculties': public service and 'caring' occupations ; 4 'impossible for a lady to remain a lady': art, literature and the theatre
Description / Table of Contents:
5 'The real social divide existed between those who hellip dirtied hands and face and those who did not': women white-collar workers (I) 6 'a beggarly makeshift, but for me it was wealth beyond price': women white-collar workers (II) ; 7 Ladies and women ; 8 Some conclusions: degrees of freedom ; Sources and select bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
