Women in nineteenth-century Europe / Rachel G. Fuchs & Victoria E. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuchs, Rachel G., 1939-2016.

Contributor:

Thompson, Victoria Elizabeth.

Series:

Gender and history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Gender and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Europe--History--19th century.

Women.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

viii, 208 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

During the nineteenth century, European women of all countries and social classes experienced dramatic and enduring changes in their familial, working and political lives. However, the history of women at this time is not one of unmitigated progress - their was an uphill struggle, fraught with hindrances, hard work and economic downturns, and the increasing intrusion of the public into their innermost private and personal lives.

Breaking away from traditional categories, Rachel G. Fuchs and Victoria E. Thompson provide a sense of the variety and complexity of women's lives across national and regional boundaries, juxtaposing the experiences of women with the perceptions of their lives. Three themes unite this study: the tension between tradition and modernity, the changing relationship between the community and individual, the shifting boundaries between public and private.

Dealing with individual women's lives within a large social and cultural context, Fuchs and Thompson demonstrate how strong and courageous women refused to live within the prescribed domestic roles - and how many became the modern women of the twentieth century.

Contents:

1 The Era of the French Revolution 5

2 Reproduction and Sexuality 24

3 Family Life 43

4 Working for Wages 61

5 Education 84

6 Culture, the Arts, and Sciences 101

7 On the Move 120

8 Associational Life 137

9 Feminism and Politics 155.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-195) and index.

ISBN:

033367605X

0333676068

OCLC:

57366364