| Woman's Work and Woman's Culture: A Series of Essays Contributor(s): Butler, Josephine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0511703082 ISBN-13: 9780511703089 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $72.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: 305.42 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Women's Writing |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1869, this influential volume contains a compilation of essays written by prominent Victorian feminists and their supporters, both men and women, discussing a variety of issues which were considered of importance to the early feminist movement. Edited by campaigner Josephine Butler (1828-1906), the contributions from activists and supporters including Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) and Sophia Jex-Blake (1840-1912) challenge the widespread assumption that 'women's sphere is the home', through discussion of the contemporary attitude to and condition of women. Various aspects of the inequality which women experienced, including the need for female suffrage, the ending of women's legal non-existence, and the right of women to access higher education and careers including medicine and science, are explored and advocated, illustrating the central concerns of the early feminist movement and the areas in which the movement had success in later years. |