Woman's Work and Woman's Culture: A Series of Essays

ISBN-13: 9781108021029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 438 str.

Josephine Butler

Opis

First published in 1869, this influential volume contains a compilation of essays written by prominent Victorian feminists and their supporters, both men and women, discussing a variety of issues which were considered of importance to the early feminist movement. Edited by campaigner Josephine Butler (1828 1906), the contributions from activists and supporters including Frances Power Cobbe (1822 1904) and Sophia Jex-Blake (1840 1912) challenge the widespread assumption that 'women's sphere is the home', through discussion of the contemporary attitude to and condition of women. Various aspects of the inequality which women experienced, including the need for female suffrage, the ending of women's legal non-existence, and the right of women to access higher education and careers including medicine and science, are explored and advocated, illustrating the central concerns of the early feminist movement and the areas in which the movement had success in later years."