Philanthropy and the Construction of Victorian Women's Citizenship : Lady Frederick Cavendish and Miss Emma Cons /
British social reformers Emma Cons (1838-1911) and Lucy Cavendish (1841-1924) broke new ground in their efforts to better the lot of the working poor in London: they hoped to transform these people's lives through great art, music, high culture, and elite knowledge. Although they did not recogn...
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
[2016]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Lucy Cavendish
- 2. Circumventing the Bishops: Women's Philanthropy and the Church of England
- 3. Emma Cons
- 4. Opera for Lambeth
- 5. The Citizens of Morley College
- 6. Philanthropy and Citizenship
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index