Candida Ann Lacey

Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and the Langham Place Group

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1987. Reprints material from the 1850's and 1860's, a period which marked a turning point in the history of British Feminism. At the centre of this was Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, whose pioneering schemes to improve the status of women made these years some of the richest in debate and reform

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 618g
• ISBN-13: 9780415606394
• ISBN-10: 041560639X
• Artikelnr.: 57045264

Autorenporträt

Candida Ann Lacey

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part 1 Adelaide Anne Procter (1825-64)
Chapter 1 Now
Part 2 Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon (1827-91)
Chapter 2 A Brief Summary, in Plain Language, of the Most Important Laws Concerning Women: Together with a Few Observations Thereon (1854)
Chapter 3 Women and Work (1857)
Chapter 4 Middle-Class Schools for Girls
Chapter 5 Of Those who are the Property of Others, and of the Great Power that holds Others as Property
Chapter 6 Accomplices
Chapter 7 Reasons for the Enfranchisement of Women
Chapter 8 Objections to the Enfranchisement of Women Considered
Chapter 9 Authorities and Precedents for giving the Suffrage to Qualified Women
Chapter 10 A Conversation on the Enfranchisement of Female Freeholders and Householders
Part 3 Bessie Rayner Parkes (1829-1925)
Chapter 11 The Market for Educated Female Labour
Chapter 12 What Can Educated Women Do? (I)
Chapter 13 What Can Educated Women Do? (II)
Chapter 14 Statistics as to the Employment of the Female Population of Great Britain
Chapter 15 A Year's Experience in Woman's Work
Chapter 16 The Condition of Working Women in England and France
Chapter 17 The Balance of Public Opinion in Regard to Woman's Work
Chapter 18 Female Life in Prison
Chapter 19 A Review of the Last Six Years
Part 4 Jessie Boucherett (1825-1905)
Chapter 20 On the Obstacles to the Employment of Women
Chapter 21 On the Education of Girls with Reference to their Future Position
Chapter 22 Local Societies
Chapter 23 On the Choice of a Business
Chapter 24 On the Cause of the Distress prevalent among Single Women
Part 5 Emily Faithfull (1835-95)
Chapter 25 Victoria Press
Chapter 26 Women Compositors
Part 6 Isa Craig (1831-1903)
Chapter 27 Emigration as a Preventive Agency
Chapter 28 Insanity: its Cause and Cure
Part 7 Maria Susan Rye (1829-1903)
Chapter 29 The Rise and Progress of Telegraphs
Chapter 30 On Assisted Emigration
Part 8 Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904)
Chapter 31 The Preventative Branch of the Bristol Female Mission
Chapter 32 What Shall We Do With Our Old Maids?
Chapter 33 Criminals, Idiots, Women and Minors. Is the Classification Sound?
Part 9 Emily Davies (1830-1921)
Chapter 34 Female Physicians
Chapter 35 Medicine as a Profession for Women
Chapter 36 The Influence of University Degrees on the Education of Women
Chapter 37 On Secondary Instruction, as Relating to Girls
Part 10 Elizabeth Garrett (1836-1917)
Chapter 38 Hospital Nursing
Part 11 Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910)
Chapter 39 Extracts from the Laws of Life, with special reference to the Physical Education of Girls
Chapter 40 Letter to Young Ladies Desirous of Studying Medicine
Chapter 41 Medicine as a Profession for Women
Index