This was the first comprehensive annotated bibliography of Mary Wollstonecraft's works and most of the critical and biographical comments on her in English written between 1788 and 1975.
This was the first comprehensive annotated bibliography of Mary Wollstonecraft's works and most of the critical and biographical comments on her in En...
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.
There is still much uncertainty about the role of 19th-century British women in social and political protest. This text provides a descriptive account...
This study offers valuable perspectives on the status and roles of women in Stuart England and in the newly settled colonies of North America, particularly Massachusetts and Virginia.
This study offers valuable perspectives on the status and roles of women in Stuart England and in the newly settled colonies of North America, particu...
This text brings together what is known about liberal feminist and socialist movements for the emancipation of women all over the world in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
This text brings together what is known about liberal feminist and socialist movements for the emancipation of women all over the world in the 19th an...
Covering the period from the beginning of the 20th century to the outbreak of the First World War, this entertaining account describes the lives of women in all classes of society: the entertainments they watched, the clothes they wore, their education and the effect it had on women's magazines.
Covering the period from the beginning of the 20th century to the outbreak of the First World War, this entertaining account describes the lives of wo...
Having already published a bibliography on Annie Besant, Theodore Besterman in this book continued with the story of her life. She was a prominent British Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator who lived between 1847 and 1933.
Having already published a bibliography on Annie Besant, Theodore Besterman in this book continued with the story of her life. She was a prominent Bri...
The suffragette movement shattered the domestic tranquillity of Edwardian England. This text is an original and searching study of the formidable organization which led this campaign: the Women's Social and Political Union.
The suffragette movement shattered the domestic tranquillity of Edwardian England. This text is an original and searching study of the formidable orga...
'Out of the Cage' brings vividly to life the experiences of working women from all social groups in the two World Wars. Telling a fascinating story, the authors emphasise what the women themselves have had to say, in diaries, memoirs, letters and recorded interviews about the call up and their personal reactions to war.
'Out of the Cage' brings vividly to life the experiences of working women from all social groups in the two World Wars. Telling a fascinating story, t...
This work surveys women and work in English society before its transition to industrial capitalism in the 18th and 19th centuries. The time span of the book from 1300 to 1800 allows comparison of women's work patterns across various phases of economic and social organisation.
This work surveys women and work in English society before its transition to industrial capitalism in the 18th and 19th centuries. The time span of th...
This collection of papers draws on insights from social anthropology to illuminate historical material, and presents a set of closely integrated studies on the inter-connections between feminism and medical, social and educational ideas in the 19th century.
This collection of papers draws on insights from social anthropology to illuminate historical material, and presents a set of closely integrated studi...