Constance Maynard's Passions

Religion, Sexuality, and an English Educational Pioneer, 1849-1935

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, History, Administration, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
Cover of the book Constance Maynard's Passions by Pauline A. Phipps, University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Pauline A. Phipps ISBN: 9781442622869
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Publication: September 15, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Pauline A. Phipps
ISBN: 9781442622869
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication: September 15, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

Successful but self-tormented, English educational pioneer Constance Maynard (1849–1935) was a deeply religious evangelical Christian whose personal atonement theology demanded that one resist carnal feelings to achieve personal salvation. As the founder of Westfield College at the University of London, Maynard championed women’s access to a university education. As the college’s first principal, she also engaged in a string of passionate relationships with college women in which she imagined love as God’s gift as well as a test of her faith.

Using Maynard’s extensive personal papers, especially her diaries and autobiography, Pauline A. Phipps examines how the language of her faith offered Maynard the means with which to carve out an independent career and to forge a distinct same-sex sexual self-consciousness in an era when middle-class women were expected to be subservient to men and confined to the home. Constance Maynard’s Passions is the fascinating account of a life which confounds the usual categories of faith, gender, and sexuality.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Successful but self-tormented, English educational pioneer Constance Maynard (1849–1935) was a deeply religious evangelical Christian whose personal atonement theology demanded that one resist carnal feelings to achieve personal salvation. As the founder of Westfield College at the University of London, Maynard championed women’s access to a university education. As the college’s first principal, she also engaged in a string of passionate relationships with college women in which she imagined love as God’s gift as well as a test of her faith.

Using Maynard’s extensive personal papers, especially her diaries and autobiography, Pauline A. Phipps examines how the language of her faith offered Maynard the means with which to carve out an independent career and to forge a distinct same-sex sexual self-consciousness in an era when middle-class women were expected to be subservient to men and confined to the home. Constance Maynard’s Passions is the fascinating account of a life which confounds the usual categories of faith, gender, and sexuality.

More books from University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

Cover of the book Caring for the World by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book The Educated Imagination and Other Writings on Critical Theory 1933-1963 by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book Recovering Canada by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book Milton and the Puritan Dilemma, 1641-1660 by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book Coast to Coast by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book Us, Them, and Others by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book Bayanihan and Belonging by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book The Odonata of Canada and Alaska by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book Babies without Borders by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book Journalism in Crisis by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book Imagining Care by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book Gardens, Covenants, Exiles by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book European Settlement and Development in North America by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book Italian Neorealist Cinema by Pauline A. Phipps
Cover of the book Anxieties of Interiority and Dissection in Early Modern Spain by Pauline A. Phipps
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy