03272nam 2200721 a 450 991046595860332120200520144314.01-78170-306-X1-84779-346-0(CKB)2560000000085671(EBL)1069705(OCoLC)818847504(SSID)ssj0000747070(PQKBManifestationID)12385829(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747070(PQKBWorkID)10704296(PQKB)10957572(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085702(MiAaPQ)EBC1069705(OCoLC)934664298(MdBmJHUP)muse78030(OCoLC)1132223309(Au-PeEL)EBL1069705(CaPaEBR)ebr10627278(CaONFJC)MIL843560(EXLCZ)99256000000008567120121206d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe feminine public sphere[electronic resource] middle-class women in civic life in Scotland, c.1870-1914 /Megan SmitleyOnline-ausg.Manchester Manchester University Press20091 online resource (189 p.)Gender in historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-7966-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 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' suffrage campaign:Liberal women and regional perspectives; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Bibliography; IndexAt 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.Gender in HistoryMiddle class womenScotlandSocial conditions19th centuryMiddle class womenScotlandSocial conditions20th centuryCitizenshipScotlandCivics, BritishWomenPolitical activityScotlandElectronic books.Middle class womenSocial conditionsMiddle class womenSocial conditionsCitizenshipCivics, British.WomenPolitical activity305.48962209411Smitley Megan1051437MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465958603321The feminine public sphere2481935UNINA