The Nineteenth-century Woman
Her Cultural and Physical World
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 19th Century
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781136248245 | |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | December 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781136248245 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | December 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This collection of papers draws on insights from social anthropology to illuminate historical material, and presents a set of closely integrated studies on the inter-connections between feminism and medical, social and educational ideas in the nineteenth century.
Throughout the book evidence from both the USA and UK shows that feminists had to operate in a restricting and complex social environment in which the concept of "the lady" and the ideal of the saintly mother defined the nineteenth-century woman’s cultural and physical world.
This collection of papers draws on insights from social anthropology to illuminate historical material, and presents a set of closely integrated studies on the inter-connections between feminism and medical, social and educational ideas in the nineteenth century.
Throughout the book evidence from both the USA and UK shows that feminists had to operate in a restricting and complex social environment in which the concept of "the lady" and the ideal of the saintly mother defined the nineteenth-century woman’s cultural and physical world.
