Emily Davies and the mid-Victorian women's movement /
"This book combines the first scholarly biography of Emily Davies, a central figure in the mid-Victorian women's movement, with a radically new account of that movement, focusing on its rapid growth, increasing acceptance, and subsequent division. With Emily Davies as its focus, it traces...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book combines the first scholarly biography of Emily Davies, a central figure in the mid-Victorian women's movement, with a radically new account of that movement, focusing on its rapid growth, increasing acceptance, and subsequent division. With Emily Davies as its focus, it traces the movement as it grew from a small network of radical Unitarian families in the 1850s into a major presence in the intellectual life of Britain in the 1860s, cutting across religious and political boundaries. At the centre of operations, the socially and politically conservative but fiercely determined Davies found common ground with the leading intellectual churchman of the day and understood better than most of her colleagues the values that led people to resist change, even while accepting at least part of the women's case. As the movement grew in size and influence it came to encompass a growing range of social and political ideals and priorities, and by the 1870s it had effectively split into three separate strands, each with its own subdivisions, one focused on legal change and women's rights, one on the protection of vulnerable women, and one on the improved education of girls and young women. Following Davies's particular priorities and strategic instincts, the book focuses on the battle for secondary and especially university education, but the achievements of all three sets of campaigns are assessed and compared in the context of the different priorities guiding them"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198910268 0198910266 0198910258 9780198910251 9780198910244 019891024X |