A Victorian Woman S Place

Author : Simon Morgan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857717733

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A Victorian Woman's Place by Simon Morgan Pdf

While the image of bourgeois Victorian women as 'angels in the house' isolated from the world in private domesticity has long been dismissed as an unrealistic ideal, women have remained marginalised in many recent accounts of the public culture of the middle class. Simon Morgan aims to redress the balance. By drawing on a variety of sources including private documents, he argues that women actually played an important role in the formation of the public identity of the Victorian middle class. Through their support for cultural and philanthropic associations and their engagement in political campaigns, women developed a nascent civic identity, which for some informed their later demands for political rights. "Middle Class Women and Victorian Public Culture" offers numerous insights for the reader into the public lives of women in this fascinating period.

Author : Julia Parker
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1989-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349198177

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Women and Welfare by Julia Parker Pdf

The aim of this study is to explain why some middle-class Victorian women took up various kinds of public social service, as social workers, researchers or reformers. The conventions of the time made it difficult for women to move out of family into public life and the nature of the work they chose demanded great physical and mental courage and endurance. The author examines the family and social background and the individual character of ten famous nineteenth-century women to try to identify the social circumstances and personal qualities that encouraged their social service activities and relates her findings to the problems faced by women of the present who endeavour to combine family responsibilities and outside employment.

Author : Clarice Swisher
Publisher : Lucent Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1590185714

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Women of Victorian England by Clarice Swisher Pdf

This book discusses the role of women in Victorian England.

Author : Ruth Adam
Publisher : London : Chatto & Windus
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Feminism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036279698

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A Woman's Place, 1910-1975 by Ruth Adam Pdf

'A woman born at the turn of the century could have lived through two periods when it was her moral duty to devote herself, obsessively, to her children: three when it was her duty to society to neglect them; two when it was right to be seductively feminine and three when it was a pressing social obligation to be the reverse; three separate periods in which she was a bad wife, mother and citizen for wanting to go out and earn her own living, and three others when she was an even worse wife, mother and citizen for not being eager to do so.' Thus Ruth Adam describes the extraordinary story of women's emancipation from the time of the suffragettes to Women's Lib. Intelligent and humane, this very readable book draws on a wealth of source material to illustrate what life was like for women since Victorian times. Throughout, Ruth Adam describes aspects of our mothers' and grandmothers' lives in a cogent, mildly cynical, but delightful way. Her book combines the academic, the popular, the human, the rigorous and the witty into a work of history which is quite unlike any other.

Author : Joan Perkin
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0814766250

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Victorian Women by Joan Perkin Pdf

A reprint of a book first published in 1993 by John Murray, UK. Perkins (women's history, Northwestern U.) uses letters, memoirs, and other revealing, first-hand sources to describe the social conditions of women of all classes during the Victorian era. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Arlene Young
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773558489

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From Spinster to Career Woman by Arlene Young Pdf

The late Victorian period brought a radical change in cultural attitudes toward middle-class women and work. Anxiety over the growing disproportion between women and men in the population, combined with an awakening desire among young women for personal and financial freedom, led progressive thinkers to advocate for increased employment opportunities. The major stumbling block was the persistent conviction that middle-class women - "ladies" - could not work without relinquishing their social status. Through media reports, public lectures, and fictional portrayals of working women, From Spinster to Career Woman traces advocates' efforts to alter cultural perceptions of women, work, class, and the ideals of womanhood. Focusing on the archetypal figures of the hospital nurse and the typewriter, Arlene Young analyzes the strategies used to transform a job perceived as menial into a respected profession and to represent office work as progressive employment for educated women. This book goes beyond a standard examination of historical, social, and political realities, delving into the intense human elements of a cultural shift and the hopes and fears of young women seeking independence. Providing new insights into the Victorian period, From Spinster to Career Woman captures the voices of ordinary women caught up in the frustrations and excitements of a new era.

Author : Hilary Fraser,Judith Johnston,Stephanie Green
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0521830729

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Gender and the Victorian Periodical by Hilary Fraser,Judith Johnston,Stephanie Green Pdf

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Author : Robynne Rogers Healey and Carole Dale Spencer
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780271096230

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Quaker Women, 1800–1920 by Robynne Rogers Healey and Carole Dale Spencer Pdf

Author : Sarah Yoon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781003801368

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The Ambivalent Detective in Victorian Sensation Novels by Sarah Yoon Pdf

The Ambivalent Detective in Victorian Sensation Novels studies how the detective as a literary character evolved through the mid-nineteenth century in England, as seen in sensation novels. In contrast to most assumptions about the English detective, Yoon argues that the detective was more often tolerated than admired following the establishment of professional detectives in the London Metropolitan Police Force in 1842. Through studying the historical and literary contexts between the 1840s to the 1860s, Yoon argues that the detective was seen as a suspicious, even mistrusted and disdained, figure who was nonetheless viewed as necessary to combat rising levels of crime. The detective as a literary character responded to the often contradictory values and aspirations of the middle class, representing an independent masculinity and laying claim to scientific authority. This study surveys novels by Charles Dickens, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and Wilkie Collins, alongside lesser-known writers like William Russell, James Redding Ware (pseudonym Andrew Forrester), and William Stephens Hayward. This book contributes to the study of mid-nineteenth-century Victorian culture and connects with broader studies of the detective fiction genre.

Author : Marjorie Filbee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002310980

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A Woman's Place by Marjorie Filbee Pdf

Author : Susie S. Porter
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781496206510

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From Angel to Office Worker by Susie S. Porter Pdf

In late nineteenth-century Mexico a woman’s presence in the home was a marker of middle-class identity. However, as economic conditions declined during the Mexican Revolution and jobs traditionally held by women disappeared, a growing number of women began to look for work outside the domestic sphere. As these “angels of the home” began to take office jobs, middle-class identity became more porous. To understand how office workers shaped middle-class identities in Mexico, From Angel to Office Worker examines the material conditions of women’s work and analyzes how women themselves reconfigured public debates over their employment. At the heart of the women’s movement was a labor movement led by secretaries and office workers whose demands included respect for seniority, equal pay for equal work, and resources to support working mothers, both married and unmarried. Office workers also developed a critique of gender inequality and sexual exploitation both within and outside the workplace. From Angel to Office Worker is a major contribution to modern Mexican history as historians begin to ask new questions about the relationships between labor, politics, and the cultural and public spheres.

Author : Mimi Matthews
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526705068

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A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty by Mimi Matthews Pdf

“Meticulously researched and beautifully illustrated . . . indispensable to anyone interested in the era.” —Tasha Alexander, New York Times–bestselling author of the Lady Emily series What did a Victorian lady wear for a walk in the park? How did she style her hair for an evening at the theater? And what products might she have used to soothe a sunburn or treat an unsightly blemish? USA Today-bestselling author Mimi Matthews answers these questions and more as she takes readers on a decade-by-decade journey through Victorian fashion and beauty history. Women’s clothing changed dramatically during the course of the Victorian era. Necklines rose, waistlines dropped, and Gothic severity gave way to flounces and frills. Sleeves ballooned up and skirts billowed out. The crinoline morphed into the bustle and steam-molded corsets cinched women’s waists ever tighter. As fashion evolved, so too did trends in ladies’ hair care and cosmetics. An era which began by prizing natural, barefaced beauty ended with women purchasing lip and cheek rouge, false hairpieces and pomades, and fashionable perfumes. Using research from nineteenth-century beauty books, fashion magazines, and lady’s journals, the author of the Parish Orphans of Devon series brings Victorian fashion into modern day focus—and offers a glimpse of the social issues that influenced women’s clothing and the outrage that was a frequent response to those bold females who used fashion and beauty to assert their individuality and independence. “An elegant resource that I will be reaching for again and again.”—Deanna Raybourn, New York Times-bestselling author of the Veronica Speedwell novels

Author : Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : HARVARD:RSL7P1

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Pioneer Women in Victoria's Reign by Edwin A. Pratt Pdf

These essays represent the writings of some of Victorian England's most prominent women, including Drs. Elizabeth Blackwell, Sophia Jex-Blake, and Florence Nightingale. They cover topics ranging from poor law reform to employment for women.

Author : Brenda Martin,Penny Sparke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134453009

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Women's Places by Brenda Martin,Penny Sparke Pdf

What was different about the environments that women created as architects, designers and clients at a time when they were gaining increasing political and social status in a male world? Through a series of case studies, Women's Places: Architecture and Design 1860-1960, examines in detail the professional and domestic spaces created by women who had money and the opportunity to achieve their ideal. Set against a background of accepted notions of modernity relating to design and architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this book provides a fascinating insight into women's social aspirations and identities. It offers new information and new interpretations in the study of gender, material culture and the built environment in the period 1860-1960.

Author : Robert Tombs
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101874776

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The English and Their History by Robert Tombs Pdf

A New York Times 2016 Notable Book Robert Tombs’s momentous The English and Their History is both a startlingly fresh and a uniquely inclusive account of the people who have a claim to be the oldest nation in the world. The English first came into existence as an idea, before they had a common ruler and before the country they lived in even had a name. They have lasted as a recognizable entity ever since, and their defining national institutions can be traced back to the earliest years of their history. The English have come a long way from those first precarious days of invasion and conquest, with many spectacular changes of fortune. Their political, economic and cultural contacts have left traces for good and ill across the world. This book describes their history and its meanings from their beginnings in the monasteries of Northumbria and the wetlands of Wessex to the cosmopolitan energy of today’s England. Robert Tombs draws out important threads running through the story, including participatory government, language, law, religion, the land and the sea, and ever-changing relations with other peoples. Not the least of these connections are the ways the English have understood their own history, have argued about it, forgotten it and yet been shaped by it. These diverse and sometimes conflicting understandings are an inherent part of their identity. Rather to their surprise, as ties within the United Kingdom loosen, the English are suddenly embarking on a new chapter. The English and Their History, the first single-volume work on this scale for more than half a century, and which incorporates a wealth of recent scholarship, presents a challenging modern account of this immense and continuing story, bringing out the strength and resilience of English government, the deep patterns of division and also the persistent capacity to come together in the face of danger.