Women against cruelty : Protection of animals in nineteenth-century Britain /

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This is the first book to explore women's leading role in animal protection in nineteenth-century Britain, drawing on rich archival sources. Women founded bodies such as the Battersea Dogs' Home, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and various groups that opposed vivisection. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Donald, Diana (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:Gender in history.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women > Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Animal rights activists > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Women and animals > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Animal welfare > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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