Independent women : work and community for single women, 1850-1920 /

Independent women : work and community for single women, 1850-1920 / Martha Vicinus.

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Main Author: Vicinus, Martha
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1985.
Series:Women in culture and society.
Subjects:
Single women > England > Social conditions.
Middle class > England > History > 19th century.
Single women > Employment > England > History > 19th century.
Community life.
Middle class.
Single women > Employment.
Single women > Social conditions.
England.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The revolt against redundancy
  • Church communities: Sisterhoods and deaconnesses' houses
  • Reformed hospital nursing: Discipline and Cleanliness
  • Women's colleges: An independent intellectual life
  • The reformed boarding schools: Presonal life and public duty
  • Settlement houess: A community ideal for the poor
  • Male space and women's bodies: The sufferagette movement
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A gross population figures
  • Appendix B model housing and clubs for women
  • Notes
  • Selected bibliography
  • Index.

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