Research Catalog

Title

The rise of caring power : Elizabeth Fry and Josephine Butler in Britain and the Netherlands / Annemieke van Drenth, Francisca de Haan.

Author

Drenth, Annemieke van, 1954-

Publication

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Haan, Francisca de, 1957-

Description

296 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This original study discusses the role of women in developing and dispersing caring power, and, vice versa, the role of caring power in constituting 'women' as modern social subjects - processes which began around 1800. The concept of caring power is based on the historian/philosopher Foucault's concept of pastoral power, but takes into account the vital role played by gender. The agents of caring power were inspired by the ideal of serving the well-being of individual 'others' - seen as fellow-human beings - and the thereby the interest of society as a whole. The motivation for this care for the other was both humanitarian and religious." "The book argues that the rise of caring power was the context in which women began to feel responsible for 'those of their own sex', and to organize themselves in all female organizations, the start of the women's movement. In the process, they carved out new gender identities for themselves and the women under their care." "This profound historical change is illustrated by a study of the work of reformers Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) and Josephine Butler (1828-1906), whose impact is traced in Britain and the Netherlands."--Jacket.

Subject

• Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845
• Butler, Josephine Elizabeth Grey, 1828-1906
• 1800-1899
• Women social reformers > Great Britain > History > 19th century
• Women social reformers > Netherlands > History > 19th century
• Social work with prostitutes > History > 19th century
• Women prisoners > Services for > History > 19th century
• Women > history
• Feminism > history

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Chronology of women's activism, the women's movement and feminism in the Netherlands in the nineteenth century: p. 279-282.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-260) and index.
• "Bibliography of Elizabeth Fry": p. 263-273.
• "Bibliography of Josephine E. Butler": p. 274-278.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. 'Prayer without Actin is Mockery': Humanitarianism, Protestantism, the Women's Movement -- Ch. 3. Elizabeth Fry: Life and Work, Religious Inspiration, Caring Power -- Ch. 4. Josephine Butler: Life and Work, Religious Inspiration, Caring Power -- Ch. 5. Following in Fry's Footsteps: The Dutch Case -- Ch. 6. Dutch Abolitionism and Butler's Crusade: From Steenbeek to the Protection of Girls -- Ch. 7. The Rise of Caring Power: Conclusions -- Bibliography of Elizabeth Fry -- Bibliography of Josephine Butler.

ISBN

9053563857

LCCN

^^^00338592^

OCLC

• 43498579
• SCSB-10743513

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library