Megan Smitley

The Feminine Public Sphere

Middle-Class Women and Civic Life in Scotland, c.1870-1914

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

At a time when women were barred from clerical roles, middle-class women made use of the informal power structures of Victorian and Edwardian associationalism in order to actively participate as citizens. This investigation of women's part in civic life provides a fresh approach to the 'public sphere', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity and develops the notion of a 'feminine public sphere', or the web of associations, institutions and discourses used by disenfranchised middle-class women to express their citizenship. The extent of middle-class women's contribution to civic life is examined through their involvement in reforming and philanthropic associations as well as local government. Making use of a range of previously untapped sources, this fascinating book will appeal in particular to those with an interest in Gender History and Scottish History.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780719079665
• ISBN-10: 0719079667
• Artikelnr.: 27430087

Autorenporträt

Megan Smitley is a former ESRC Post Doctoral Fellow, having attained her PhD in History and Economic and Social History from the University of Glasgow

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The organisations 2. The 'feminine public sphere' 3.
Temperance reform and the 'feminine public sphere' 4. The women's movement
and female temperance reform 5. New views of the women's suffrage campaign:
Liberal women and regional perspectives Conclusion Appendices Bibliography
Index