Priscilla Wakefield

Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex

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Produktbeschreibung

In this 1798 work, Wakefield suggests ways for women without the support of husband or family to earn a living.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9781108084710
• ISBN-10: 1108084710
• Artikelnr.: 42647142

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introductory observations, shewing the claim which society has on women
to employ their time usefully; 2. From the connexion between the mind and
the body is deduced the necessity of a more hardy mode of rearing female
children; 3. Remarks on the duties of a married and a single life; 4. On
the duties, studies, and amusements of women of the first class in society;
5. On the duties, studies, and amusements of women of the second class in
society; 6. Lucrative employments for the first and second classes
suggested; 7. On the duties, attainments, and employments of women of the
third class; 8. Observations on the condition of the fourth class of women,
suggesting a discrimination in distributing charity and an encouragement of
marriage.