Early Professional Women in Northern Europe, C. 1650-1850

Sommario

1. Women and Professional Ambitions in Northern Europe, c. 1650–1850
[Johanna Ilmakunnas, Marjatta Rahikainen and Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen]

2. Midwives: Birthing Care Professionals in Eighteenth-Century Sweden and Finland
[Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen]

3. Serving the Prince as the First Step of Female Careers: The Electoral Court of Munich, c. 1660–1840
[Britta Kägler]

4. From Mother to Daughter: Noblewomen in Service at the Swedish Royal Court, c. 1740–1840
[Johanna Ilmakunnas]

5. Remarkable Women Artists: Flower Painting and Professional Changes in Copenhagen, c. 1690–1790
[Anna Lena Lindberg]

6. Performing Women: The Life and Work of Actresses in Stockholm, c. 1780–1850
[Marie Steinrud]

7. "Sister to the Tailor": Guilds, Gender and the Needle Trades in Eighteenth-Century Europe
[Deborah Simonton]

8. Independent Managers: Female Factory Owners in the Northern Provinces of the Russian Empire, c. 1760–1810
[Galina Ulianova]

9. Urban Opportunities: Women in the Restaurant Business in Swedish and Finnish Cities, c. 1800–1850
[Marjatta Rahikainen]

10. Desirable Qualifications and Undesirable Behaviour: Teachers in Swedish Schools for Poor Children, c. 1780–1820
[Åsa Karlsson Sjögren]

11. Cross-Cultural Closeness: Foreign Governesses in the Russian Empire, c. 1700–1850
[Olga Solodyankina]

12. Shaping Middle-Class and Upper-Class Girls: Women as Teachers of Daughters of Good Families in the Baltic Sea World, c. 1780–1850
[Marjatta Rahikainen]

Riassunto

This book focuses on early examples of women who may be said to have anticipated, in one way or another, modern professional and/or career-oriented women. In order to improve their positions or to find better business opportunities, the women discussed in this book invested in developing their qualifications and professional skills, took economi

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Johanna (University of Turku Ilmakunnas, Johanna Rahikainen Ilmakunnas
• Con la collaborazione di: Johanna Ilmakunnas (Editore), Ilmakunnas Johanna (Editore), Marjatta Rahikainen (Editore), Rahikainen Marjatta (Editore), Kirsi Vainio-Korhonen (Editore), Vainio-Korhonen Kirsi (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367881443
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88144-3
• Pagine: 280
• Serie: Routledge Research in Early Modern History
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; European History, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, Economic history, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance