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Society women and enlightened charity in Spain : the Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito, 1787-1823 / edited by Catherine M. Jaffe and Elisa Martín-Valdepeñas Yagüe.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New hispanisms
- New hispanisms : cultural and literary studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Junta de Damas de Honor y Mérito.
- Women in charitable work--Spain--History--18th century.
- Women in charitable work.
- Women in charitable work--Spain--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Junta de Damas, Charity, and Feminism
- I. Feminine Philanthropy in Spain
- Women in Patriotic Societies: A Spanish Debate in a European Context
- The Decisive Intervention of Josefa Amar y Borbón: Defending Women's Talent and Education during the Enlightenment
- Women's Associationism and the Pursuit of Public Happiness, 1787-1823
- Women and Charity between the Spaces of Enlightened Reformism and the Moderado Liberal State, Madrid, 1833-1868
- II. Forgotten Foremothers of a Collective History
- María Josefa Alfonso Pimentel, Countess-Duchess of Benavente, 1750-1834: An Aristocrat at the Service of the Enlightenment
- María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero, Countess of Montijo, 1754-1808: An Atypical Biography in the Age of Enlightenment
- María Lorenza de los Ríos, Marquise of Fuerte-Híjar, 1761-1821: Reformism and Culture
- María Tomasa Palafox, Marquise of Villafranca, 1780-1835: A Life in Times of Crisis
- Veiled Biographies: The Other Women of the Junta de Damas
- III. The Junta de Damas' Contributions to Enlightenment Projects
- Helping by Teaching: The Junta's Role in Women's Education
- Practicing Social Activism: The Spaces of Women's Charity
- Networks of Enlightenment: Women Writers and the Republic of Letters
- Representing the Feminine Ideal: Portraits of the Members of the Junta de Damas
- Epilogue: The Junta de Damas, the Enlightenment, and Feminism
- Appendix: Statutes of the Junta de Socias de Honor y Mérito of the Real Sociedad Económica de Madrid, 1794
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 05, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Society women and enlightened charity in Spain
- ISBN:
- 9780807177051
- 0807177059
- 9780807177044
- 0807177040
- Publisher Number:
- 40031183651
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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