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Women and achievement in nineteenth-century Europe

Title: Women and achievement in nineteenth-century Europe / Linda L. Clark.
Author: Clark, Linda L., 1942-
Publication: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Description

ix, 300 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This major new history of European women's professional activities and organizational roles during the "long" nineteenth century examines what women could and could not do if they sought activity, purpose, or recognition beyond their own homes. Linda L. Clark surveys women's achievements in literature, art, music, theater, charity, education, medicine, law, and public administration, and examines the relationship between women's professional and philanthropic activity and the rise of feminist organizations. She shows that, despite continuing legal, cultural, and familial obstacles, thousands of ambitious women pursued professional activities for reasons that often combined economic need with aspirations to do meaningful work and gain public recognition. Detailing women's accomplishments from England to Russia, this unique survey enables readers to connect individual life stories with larger political, social, and economic contexts between 1789 and 1914, and is essential reading for students of modern European history, women's history, and gender studies."--Jacket.

Series Statement

New approaches to European history

Uniform Title

New approaches to European history

Subject

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Women and the revolutionary era : negotiating public and private spaces, 1760s-early 1800s -- Women and literature : authorship, publication, audience -- Women and the arts : training, performance, fame -- Caring and power : from charity to social reform -- Extending education : learning and teaching -- From education to other professions -- Organizing for women's rights : leaders and supporters.

ISBN

9780521650984
0521650984
9780521658782
0521658780

LCCN

2007052049
99820916565

OCLC

ocn183260353
183260353
SCSB-1475308

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library