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The spinster and her enemies : feminism and sexuality, 1880-1930

Title
The spinster and her enemies : feminism and sexuality, 1880-1930 / Sheila Jeffreys.
Author
Jeffreys, Sheila.
Publication
London ; Boston : Pandora Press, 1985.

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Description
vii, 232 pages; 20 cm.
Series Statement
Pandora Press history
Subject
  • Geschichte 1880-1930
  • Feminism > England > History
  • Sexual ethics for women > England > History
  • Single women > Sexual behavior > History. > England
  • Sexual ethics > England > History
  • Feminism > history
  • Sexual Behavior > history
  • Sexual ethics
  • Feminism
  • Sexual ethics for women
  • Single women > Sexual behavior
  • Alleinstehende Frau
  • Frauenbewegung
  • Sexualität
  • Sexualverhalten
  • Seksualiteit
  • Feminisme
  • England
  • Großbritannien
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 215-221.
Contents
Feminism and social purity -- Continence and psychic love -- The sort of thing that might happen to any man: feminist campaigns and politics around the sexual abuse of children -- Henpecking: women's campaigns to gain legislation against the sexual abuse of girls -- Spinsterhood and celibacy -- Women's friendships and lesbianism -- Antifeminism and sex reform before the First World War -- The decline of militant feminism -- The invention of the frigid woman -- The prudes and the progressives.
ISBN
  • 0863580505
  • 9780863580505
LCCN
85009279
OCLC
  • ocm12079498
  • 12079498
  • SCSB-636321
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library