A cultural history of women in the age of empire / edited by Teresa Mangum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mangum, Teresa, 1954-

Series:

A cultural history of women ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--History--19th century.

Women.

Women--Social conditions--19th century.

Women--Europe--Social conditions--19th century.

Women--North America--Social conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 269 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Summary:

"Between 1800 and 1920, middle-class women in the West fought for education, employment, equitable marriage and custody laws, and the vote. Poor women demanded literacy, labor and child protection laws, food, and shelter. Colonization and migrations compounded gender and class conflicts in contact zones where races and ethnic groups met, often violently. Faced with breath-taking social, global, and technological change, many women valiantly worked with and for one another. Key issues include growing attention to late life, discourses of heterosexuality and homosexuality, the rise of the writing woman, and the challenges to women professionals, from artists to physicians. A Cultural History of Women in the Age of Empire presents essays on women's life cycle, bodies and sexuality, religion and popular beliefs, medicine and disease, public and private realms, education and work, power, and artistic representation."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-253) and index.

Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

Other Format:

Original

ISBN:

9781350048140 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.