Silent Sisterhood - Middle-Class Women in the Victorian Home

Summary

This perceptive book studies the Victorian woman in the home and in the family. One of the central purposes is to rescue Victorian woman from the realm of myth where her life was spent in frivolous trifles and instead to show how she had a major part to play in the practical management of the home.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Branca, Branca Patricia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2012
• EAN: 9780415625814
• ISBN: 978-0-415-62581-4
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, REFERENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards