Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Women in Public
Author: Women in Public, 1850-1900
Author: Patricia HollisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780415752558
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Assembling a full and comprehensive collection of material which illustrates all aspects of the emergent womene(tm)s movement during the years 1850-1900, this fascinating book will prove invaluable to students of nineteenth century social history and women's studies, to those studying the Victorian novel and to sociologists. Womene(tm)s pamphlets and speeches, parliamentary debates and popular journalism, letters and memoirs, royal commissions and the leading reviews, are all used to document the conflicting images of women: e~surplus womene(tm) and the issue of emigration; womene(tm)s work and male hostility to it; the opening of education by Emily Davies; the claim to equity at law; the attack on the sexual double standard, led by Josephine Butler; womene(tm)s public service from philanthropy e" exemplified in a Mary Carpenter or Louisa Twining or Octavia Hill e" to local government; and finally womene(tm)s entry into politics led by Lydia Becker. The contents range from Caroline Norton on her battle for child custody in the 1830s to Annie Besante(tm)s inspiration of the match-girle(tm)s strike in 1888, and from W. T. Stead on child prostitution to Mrs Humphrey Ware(tm)s Appeal against female suffrage in 1889. The book was originally published in 1979.
Women in Public
Author: Patricia HollisPublisher: Unwin Hyman
ISBN: 9780049000346
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Victorian Feminism, 1850-1900
Author: Philippa LevinePublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813063884
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The second half of the nineteenth century saw in newly industrialized England the creation of a “domestic ideology” that drew a sharp line between domestic woman and public man. Though never the dominant reality, this demarcation of men’s and women’s spheres ordered people’s values and justified the existing social structure. Out of this context sprang a women’s movement that celebrated its female identity, its campaigns “concerned as much with promoting that optimistic self-image as with a simple call for equality with men.” 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. Along the way, Levine puts to rest many inaccuracies and assumptions that have dogged the history of presuffragette feminism, causing it to be discredited or dismissed. She refutes, for example, the judgement that the movement served only the needs of bourgeois women, and she warns against the pitfall of defining feminism by the standards of a male politics whose practices make comparisons inadequate and unsuitable. Levine has organized her study with an eye to the breadth of concerns that characterized England’s nineteenth-century feminism: women’s entry into education and the professions; trade unionism, working conditions, equal pay; suffrage and other political and property rights for women; marriage and morality issues—prostitution, incest, venereal disease, wife abuse, pornography, and equal rights to divorce.
Women in Public, 1850-1900
Author: Patricia HollisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136247904
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Assembling a full and comprehensive collection of material which illustrates all aspects of the emergent women’s movement during the years 1850-1900, this fascinating book will prove invaluable to students of nineteenth century social history and women's studies, to those studying the Victorian novel and to sociologists. Women’s pamphlets and speeches, parliamentary debates and popular journalism, letters and memoirs, royal commissions and the leading reviews, are all used to document the conflicting images of women: ‘surplus women’ and the issue of emigration; women’s work and male hostility to it; the opening of education by Emily Davies; the claim to equity at law; the attack on the sexual double standard, led by Josephine Butler; women’s public service from philanthropy – exemplified in a Mary Carpenter or Louisa Twining or Octavia Hill – to local government; and finally women’s entry into politics led by Lydia Becker. The contents range from Caroline Norton on her battle for child custody in the 1830s to Annie Besant’s inspiration of the match-girl’s strike in 1888, and from W. T. Stead on child prostitution to Mrs Humphrey War’s Appeal against female suffrage in 1889. The book was originally published in 1979.
Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900
Author: Laurence MadelinePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300223935
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Paris was the epicenter of art during the latter half of the nineteenth century, luring artists from around the world with its academies, museums, salons, and galleries. Despite the city's cosmopolitanism and its cultural stature, Parisian society remained strikingly conservative, particularly with respect to gender. Nonetheless, many women painters chose to work and study in Paris at this time, overcoming immense obstacles to access the city's resources. 'Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900' showcases the remarkable artistic production of women during this period of great cultural change, revealing the breadth and strength of their creative achievements. Guest Curator Laurence Madeline (Chief Curator at Musées d'art et d'histoire, Geneva) has selected close to seventy compelling paintings by women of varied nationalities, ranging from well-known artists such as Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, and Rosa Bonheur, to lesser-known figures such as Kitty Kielland, Louise Breslau, and Anna Ancher.
Feminist Lives in Victorian England
Author: Philippa LevinePublisher:
ISBN: 9780972762595
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
California Women and Politics
Author: Robert W. ChernyPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803236085
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
An edited volume exploring the role women played in California politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Beyond the Frame
Author: Deborah CherryPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135094837
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Beyond the Frame rewrites the history of Victorian art to explore the relationships between feminism and visual culture in a period of heady excitement and political struggle. Artists were caught up in campaigns for women's enfranchisement, education and paid work, and many were drawn into controversies about sexuality. This richly documented and compelling study considers painting, sculpture, prints, photography, embroidery and comic drawings as well as major styles such as Pre-Raphaelitism, Neo-Classicism and Orientalism. Drawing on critical theory and post-colonial studies to analyse the links between visual media, modernity and imperialism, Deborah Cherry argues that visual culture and feminism were intimately connected to the relations of power.
Women's History: Britain, 1850-1945
Author: June PurvisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135367108
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Women's History: Britain 1850-1945 introduces the main themes and debates of feminist history during this period of change, and brings together the findings of new research. It examines the suffrage movement, race and empire, industrialisation, the impact of war and womens literature. Specialists in their own fields have each written a chapter on a key aspect of womens lives including health, the family, education, sexuality, work and politics. Each contribution provides an overview of the main issues and debates within each area and offers suggestions for further reading. It not only provides an invaluable introduction to every aspect of womens participation in the political, social and economic history of Britain, but also brings the reader up to date with current historical thinking on the study of womens history itself.
