Woman''s Work and Woman''s Culture - A Series of Essays

Klappentext A compilation of essays written by prominent Victorian feminists and their supporters discussing issues of inequality, first published in 1869 Zusammenfassung First published in 1869, this influential volume contains a compilation of essays written by prominent Victorian feminists and their supporters. Edited by campaigner Josephine Butler (1828–1906), these essays discuss a variety of issues considered of importance to the early feminist movement, illustrating the concerns and aims of the movement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The final cause of woman Frances Power Cobbe; 2. How to provide for superfluous women Jessie Boucherett; 3. Education considered as a profession for women Rev. G. Butler; 4. Medicine as a profession for women Sophia Jex-Blake; 5. The teaching of science James Stuart; 6. On some historical aspects of family life Charles H. Pearson; 7. The property disabilities of a married woman, and other legal effects of marriage Herbert N. Mozley; 8. Female suffrage, considered chiefly with regard to its indirect results Julia Wedgwood; 9. The education of girls, its present and its future Elizabeth C. Wolstenholme; 10. The social position of women in the present age John Boyd-Kinnear.

Product details

• Authors: Josephine Butler
• Assisted by: Josephine Butler (Editor), Butler Josephine (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2010
• EAN: 9781108021029
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02102-9
• No. of pages: 438
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory