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Author:

Gibson, Susannah, author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjMBxYTyVXhPqQXK7yxvBK

Title:

The Bluestockings : A History of the First Women's Movement / Susannah Gibson.

Edition:

First American edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Sex role--England--History--18th century.
Women intellectuals--England--History--18th century.
Women--England--Social conditions--18th century.
Rôle selon le sexe--Angleterre--Histoire--18e siècle.
Intellectuelles--Angleterre--Histoire--18e siècle.
Femmes--Angleterre--Conditions sociales--18e siècle.
England--Intellectual life--18th century.
Angleterre--Vie intellectuelle--18e siècle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-328) and index.

Summary:

This illuminating group portrait delves into the lives of a circle of 18th-century women called the Bluestockings, who came together in glittering salons to discuss and debate as intellectual equals with men, fighting for women to be educated and have a public role in society.

ISBN:

0393881385
9780393881387

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1445897765

LCCN:

bl2024015583

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

BFPA251 -- Minburn Public Library (Minburn)