Gender, Power and the Unitarians in England, 1760-1860

ISBN-13: 9780582288263 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 248 str.

Ruth Watts;Watts

Opis

Explores the role the Unitarians played in female emancipation. Many leading female figures of the late 18th and 19th centuries were Unitarian, or influenced by Unitarian ideas. This study examines how successful they were in challenging the ideas and social conventions affecting women.

Spis treści

Introduction.  Part One 1760-1815.  1. The eighteenth century context: ideas on women and education.  2. Unitarianism and education.  3. Ideals into practice: Unitarians and women 1760s-1815.  4. To `loose the female mind': Unitarians and women 1760-1815.  Part Two 1816-1860.  5. The Unitarian Context.  6. Schooling for Unitarians
7. Knowledge is Power: Gentlemen of England.  8. Unitarians and education for the working class: a gendered concern?  9. Political economy, adult education, class and gender.  10. Unitarians and gender issues in the 1850s: the seeds of feminism.  Bibliographical Essay.

O autorze

Ruth Watts