Women in Protest 1800-1850

ISBN-13: 9780415628204 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 176 str.

Malcolm I. Thomis; Jennifer Grimmett

Opis

There is still much uncertainty about the role of 19th-century British women in social and political protest. This text provides a descriptive account of the part played by women - mainly working class women - in a variety of social and political activities that can broadly be categorised as protest.

Spis treści

1. Women’s Work and Women’s Protest, 1800-1850  2. Women in Food Riots  3. Women in Social Protest  4. Women in Industrial Protest  5. 'Petticoat Reformers'  6. Chartist Women  7. Postscript: Rebecca and Her Sisters

O autorze

Malcolm I. Thomis and Jennifer Grimmett