Sarah Richardson

The Political Worlds of Women (eBook, ePUB)

Gender and Politics in Nineteenth Century Britain

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines female engagement in both traditional and unconventional political arenas in nineteenth-century Britain, including female sociability, salons, child-rearing and education, health, consumption, religious reform and nationalism. Richardson focuses on middle-class women's social, cultural, intellectual and political authority, as implemented by a range of public figures and lesser-known campaigners.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135964931
• Artikelnr.: 38243798

Autorenporträt

Sarah Richardson is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Warwick.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Political Worlds of Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Part I: The Home 1. Politics at Home 2. Useful Soup for Benevolent
Purposes: The Politics of Domestic Economy Part II: Community and
Neighbourhood 3. Philanthropic Economy: Radicalism, Women, and Charity 4.
Women and the Politics of the Parish Part III: The National Stage 5. Female
Petitioning: The Multiform Warfare of Political Life 6. From the Ventilator
to the Ladies' Cage: Women and the Houses of Parliament Part IV:
International Politics 7. Encounters with Imperial and International
Affairs 8. British Women and the Rosewater Revolution. Conclusion: Spheres
and Spaces; Borders and Frontiers.