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The feminine public sphere : middle-class women and civic life in Scotland, c.1870-1914 / Megan Smitley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smitley, Megan K., author.
- Series:
- Gender in history.
- Gender in history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle class women--Scotland--Social conditions--19th century.
- Middle class women.
- Middle class women--Scotland--Social conditions--20th century.
- Citizenship--Scotland.
- Citizenship.
- Civics, British.
- Women--Scotland--Political activity.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 178 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- Online-ausg.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This investigation of women's part in civic life in Scotland from 1870-1914 provides a fresh approach to the 'public sphere', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity, and develops the notion of a 'feminine public sphere'.
- Contents:
- Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The organisations; 2. The feminine public sphere; 3. Temperance reform and the feminine public sphere; 4. The women's movement and female temperance reform; 5. New views of the women' suffrage campaign:Liberal women and regional perspectives; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 7, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 1-78170-306-X
- 1-84779-346-0
- OCLC:
- 818847504
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