Women Against Cruelty : Protection of Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain /

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This is the first study of women's leading contribution to animal protection in nineteenth-century Britain.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Donald, Diana (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Series:Gender in history.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Animal welfare > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women and animals > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Animal rights activists > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women > Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Femmes et animaux > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Défenseurs des droits des animaux > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Animal rights activists
Animal welfare
Women and animals
Women > Social conditions
Great Britain
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Prefatory note : the archive of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  • Sexual distinctions in attitudes to animals in the late Georgian era
  • The early history of the RSPCA : its culture and its conflicts
  • Animal welfare and 'humane education' : new roles for women
  • The 'two religions' : a gendered divide in Victorian society
  • Anti- vivisection : a feminist cause?
  • Sentiment and 'the spirit of life' : new insights at the fin de siecle.

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