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

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smitley, Megan K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2009.
Colección:Gender in history.
Temas:
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.
Femmes de la classe moyenne > Écosse > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Femmes de la classe moyenne > Écosse > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Femmes > Activité politique > Écosse.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Citizenship
Civics, British
Middle class women > Social conditions
Women > Political activity
Scotland
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 'public sphere', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity and develops the notion of a 'feminine public sphere', or the web of associations, institutions and discourses used by disenfranchised middle-class women to express their citizenship. The extent of middle-class women's contribution to civic l.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (189 pages).
ISBN:9781847793461
1847793460

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