Women Against Cruelty : Protection of Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Donald, Diana (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
Series:	Gender in history.
Subjects:	Animal welfare > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Women and animals > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Animal rights activists > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Women > Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century. 1800-1899 Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Prefatory note : the archive of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Sexual distinctions in attitudes to animals in the late Georgian era
The early history of the RSPCA : its culture and its conflicts
Animal welfare and 'humane education' : new roles for women
The 'two religions' : a gendered divide in Victorian society
Anti- vivisection : a feminist cause?
Sentiment and 'the spirit of life' : new insights at the fin de siecle.