Women in European Culture and Society - A Sourcebook

List of contents

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 Rights of Man and Duties of Woman Prelude: Women’s identity in eighteenth-century culture Chapter 1: Intimate Worlds: self, sex and family On Woman Educating Girls Transitions 1Women going it alone Marriage Law Husbands and Wives Experts on childcare Mothers and Children Chapter 2: Community Spaces Keeping House Labouring Women Artisans Businesswomen Midwifery Chapter 3: Wider Worlds – Gendering the Enlightenment Rulers Political Culture Intellectual Rights Science and intellect Travelling women Intermezzo: The Revolutionary Era Rights of Women Reflections on Revolution Part 2 Domesticity and Industrialism Prelude: Legacy of the Enlightenment Chapter 4: Intimate Worlds – self, sex and family Educating Women Bridging Two Worlds Marriage Singletons Mothers and Children Chapter 5: Community Spaces Keeping a Good House Rural Worlds Urban workers Business and Professions Chapter 6: Shaping Wider Worlds Political Women Worlds of Talent Intermezzo: La Belle Époque Female Health Votes for Women Travel and Empire Part 3 Modern Times Prelude: Carrying Linda’s Stones Chapter 7: Intimacy and Independence Finding their Way Changing Values Women’s Realities Motherhood Singletons Chapter 8: The Transitional Community Work and Identity War Work Women at Work Legislation and unemployment Chapter 9: The Wider Stage Feminism The Elephant in the Room Political Activism Global Politics Legacies of Empire Worlds of Creativity Further Reading Index

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Simonton
• Assisted by: Deborah Simonton (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2013
• EAN: 9780415684408
• ISBN: 978-0-415-68440-8
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, C 1700 To C 1800