Hints on Self-Help - A Book for Young Women

Originally published in 1863 and reissued here in its 1866 printing, this work encourages women to support themselves through work.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Benefits of self-help; 2. Perseverance - business habits; 3. Choice of a business, and emigration; 4. Duty and independence; 5. Money - how to waste it - how to keep it; 6. Self-respect - example - influence; 7. Benefit societies for women; 8. Head-work and heart-work; Appendix.

Summary

Originally published in 1863 and reissued here in its 1866 printing, this work reflects the views and concerns of the campaigner Jessie Boucherett (1825–1905). A champion of women's rights, she exhorts young women of all classes and abilities to seek education and employment so as to realise their independence.

Product details

• Authors: Jessie Boucherett, Boucherett Jessie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2014
• EAN: 9781108067805
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06780-5
• No. of pages: 164
• 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