Women and the making of built space in England, 1870-1950 / edited by Elizabeth Darling and Lesley Whitworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Darling, Elizabeth.

Whitworth, Lesley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban women--England--History--19th century.

Urban women.

Urban women--England--History--20th century.

Women and city planning--England--History--19th century.

Women and city planning.

Women and city planning--England--History--20th century.

Architecture and women--England--History--19th century.

Architecture and women.

Architecture and women--England--History--20th century.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

xi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction: Making space and re-making history / Elizabeth Darling and Lesley Whitworth

Gender, citizenship, and the making of the modern environment / Helen Meller

The Hill sisters : cultural philanthropy and the embellishment of lives in late-nineteenth century England / Anne Anderson and Elizabeth Darling

"A novelty among exhibitions" : the Loan Exhibition of Women's Industries, Bristol, 1885 / Emma Ferry

"Everything whispers of wealth and luxury" : observation, emulation, and display in the well-to-do late-Victorian home / Trevor Keeble

Women rent collectors and the rewriting of space, class and gender in East London, 1870-1900 / Ruth Livesey

Gendering the politics of the working woman's home / Karen Hunt

"The house that is a woman's book come true" : the All-Europe House and four women's spatial practices in inter-war England / Elizabeth Darling

"Part-time practice as before" : the career of Sadie Speight, architect / Jill Seddon

Workshops fit for homeworkers : the Women's Co-operative Guild and housing reform in mid-twentieth-century Britain / Gillian Scott

The Housewives' Committee of the Council of Industrial Design : a brief episode of domestic reconnoitring / Lesley Whitworth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212) and index.

ISBN:

9780754651857

0754651851

OCLC:

72698696