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Author:

Richardson, Sarah, 1964 May 11-

Title:

The political worlds of women : gender and politics in nineteenth century Britain / by Sarah Richardson.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women--History--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Feminism--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the political worlds of women in nineteenth-century Britain -- Politics at home -- Useful soup for benevolent purposes: the politics of domestic economy -- Philanthropic economy: radicalism, women, and charity -- Women and the politics of the parish -- Female petitioning: the multiform warfare of political life -- From the ventilator to the ladies' cage: women and the Houses of Parliament -- Encounters with imperial and international affairs -- British women and the rosewater revolution -- Conclusion: spheres and spaces; borders and frontiers.

Series:

Routledge research in gender and history ; 15

ISBN:

0203383613 (ebk.)
9780203383612 (ebk.)
0415825660 (hbk)
9780415825665 (hbk)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)812781450

LCCN:

2012041942

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)