The feminine public sphere : middle-class women and civic life in Scotland, c. 1870-1914

The feminine public sphere : middle-class women and civic life in Scotland, c. 1870-1914 / Megan Smitley.

At a time when women were barred from clerical roles, middle-class women made use of the informal power structures of Victorian and Edwardian associationalism in order to actively participate as citizens. This investigation of women's part in civic life provides a fresh approach to the 'pu...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Smitley, Megan K. (مؤلف)
التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة:English
منشور في: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2009.
سلاسل:Gender in history.
الموضوعات:
1800-1999
Middle class women > Scotland > Social conditions > 19th century.
Middle class women > Scotland > Social conditions > 20th century.
Citizenship > Scotland.
Civics, British.
Women > Political activity > Scotland.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Citizenship
Civics, British
Middle class women > Social conditions
Women > Political activity
Scotland
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Click for online access
جدول المحتويات:
  • Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The organisations; 2. The feminine public sphere; 3. Temperance reform and the feminine public sphere; 4. The women's movement and female temperance reform; 5. New views of the women' suffrage campaign:Liberal women and regional perspectives; Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Bibliography; Index.

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