![]() | The Political Worlds of Women: Gender and Politics in Nineteenth Century Britain Subjects: Class and Work; Agencies and Institutions; Gender and Sexuality; Race and Empire; Recreation and Consumption; Family and Demography; States of Mind; Humanities; Social Groups; Local State; Education; Philanthropy; Religious Denominations; Feminism and Women''s Movement; Travel and Exploration; Voluntary Societies; Slavery; Family; The Home; Political Beliefs and Ideologies; Concepts of Society; History; Middle Classes; Middle Class Education; Pressure Groups; Abolition; Motherhood; Fatherhood; Domestic Management; British History; Modern History 1750-1945; Women''s & Gender History; Social & Cultural History; Political History; Traditional analyses of nineteenth-century politics have assigned women a peripheral role. By adopting a broader interpretation of political participation, the author identifies how middle-class women were able to contribute to political affairs in the nineteenth century. Examining the contribution that women made to British political life in the period 1800-1870 stimulates debates about gender and politics, the nature of authority and the definition of political culture. This volume examines female engagement in both traditional and unconventional political arenas, including female sociability, salons, child-rearing and education, health, consumption, religious reform and nationalism. Richardson focuses on middle-class women's social, cultural, intellectual and political authority, as implemented by a range of public figures and lesser-known campaigners. The activists discussed and their varying political, economic and religious backgrounds will demonstrate the significance of female interventions in shaping the political culture of the period and beyond. Sarah Richardson is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Warwick. |
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