Women in Nineteenth-Century Europe

ISBN-13: 9780333676066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 208 str.

Rachel Fuchs

Opis

During the nineteenth century, European women experienced dramatic and enduring changes in their familial, working and political lives. Breaking away from traditional categories, the authors of this book provide a sense of the variety and complexity of women's lives across national and regional boundaries, juxtaposing the experiences of women with their perceptions of their lives. Three themes unite this study: the tension between tradition and modernity, the changing relationship between the community and individual, and the shifting boundaries between public and private.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- The Era of the French Revolution.- Reproduction and Sexuality.- Family Life.- Working for Wages.- Education.- Culture, Arts, and Sciences.- On the Move.- Associational Life.- Feminism and Politics.- Conclusion.- Further Reading.- Index.

O autorze

RACHEL G. FUCHS is Professor of History at Arizona State University.

VICTORIA E. THOMPSON is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University.

Blurb

During the nineteenth century, European women of all countries and social classes experienced dramatic and enduring changes in their familial, working and political lives. However, the history of women at this time is not one of unmitigated progress - theirs was an uphill struggle, fraught with hindrances, hard work and economic downturns, and the increasing intrusion of the public into their innermost private and personal lives.

Breaking away from traditional categories, Rachel G. Fuchs and Victoria E. Thompson provide a sense of the variety and complexity of women's lives across national and regional boundaries, juxtaposing the experiences of women with the perceptions of their lives. Three themes unite this study:

- the tension between tradition and modernity
- the changing relationship between the community and individual
- the shifting boundaries between public and private

Dealing with individual women's lives within a large social and cultural context, Fuchs and Thompson demonstrate how strong and courageous women refused to live within the prescribed domestic roles - and how many became the modern women of the twentieth century.