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UNINA9910815471303321 |
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Autore |
Hollis Patricia |
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Titolo |
Women in public 1850-1900 : documents of the Victorian women's movement / / Patricia Hollis |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-24789-0 |
0-203-10406-4 |
1-136-24790-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (360 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge library editions. Women's history ; ; v. 22 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Feminism - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Women - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 1979 by George Allen & Unwin. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Images of women -- pt. 2. Surplus women and emigration -- pt. 3. Women at work -- pt. 4. Education -- pt. 5. Birth control -- pt. 6. Law -- pt. 7. The social evil -- pt. 8. Public service -- pt. 9. Politics -- pt. 10. Two movements, one class. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 h |
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