Women in England 1760-1914

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ISBN9780753819890
AuthorsProfessor Susie Steinbach
PublisherOrion Publishing Co
FormatPaperback
Number of pages352
Weight (kg)0.340
Publishing Date01/09/2005
Price (excl. tax)€16.89
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A rich and fresh survey of women''s lives between George III and the First World War

Using diaries, letters, memoirs as well as social and statistical research, this book looks at life-expectancy, sex, marriage and childbirth, and work inside and outside the home, for all classes of women. It charts the poverty and struggles of the working class as well as the leadership roles of middle-class and elite women. It considers the influence of religion, education, and politics, especially the advent of organised feminism and the suffragette movement. It looks, too, at the huge role played by women in the British Empire: how imperialism shaped English women''s lives and how women also moulded the Empire.