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In the last two decades, historians have increasingly sought to
understand how environments, 'built' and otherwise, architectural
surroundings, landscapes, and conceptual 'places' and 'spaces' have
affected the nature and scope of political power, cultural
production and social experience . The essays in this collection
expand upon this already rich field of inquiry by combining an
analytical approach sensitive to questions of gender with an
exploration of ideas of political space. The volume demonstrates
how the gendered and political meanings of space-be that space
domestic or public, rural or urban, real or imagined, or a
combination of all these and more-are fashioned through the
movement of historical actors through space and time. Whether in
delineating the gendered and politicized space of the pulpit; the
sickroom; the Irish farmyard; the London suffrage atelier; the
domestic space created by the wireless; the lesbian 'scene' of
rural Canada; the eighteenth-century ladies' 'closet'; or the
public space within the 'public history' of historic houses, the
volume demonstrates how the meanings of these spaces are not fixed,
but are challenged and reformulated. This book was originally
published as a special issue of Women's History Review.
In the last two decades, historians have increasingly sought to
understand how environments, 'built' and otherwise, architectural
surroundings, landscapes, and conceptual 'places' and 'spaces' have
affected the nature and scope of political power, cultural
production and social experience . The essays in this collection
expand upon this already rich field of inquiry by combining an
analytical approach sensitive to questions of gender with an
exploration of ideas of political space. The volume demonstrates
how the gendered and political meanings of space-be that space
domestic or public, rural or urban, real or imagined, or a
combination of all these and more-are fashioned through the
movement of historical actors through space and time. Whether in
delineating the gendered and politicized space of the pulpit; the
sickroom; the Irish farmyard; the London suffrage atelier; the
domestic space created by the wireless; the lesbian 'scene' of
rural Canada; the eighteenth-century ladies' 'closet'; or the
public space within the 'public history' of historic houses, the
volume demonstrates how the meanings of these spaces are not fixed,
but are challenged and reformulated. This book was originally
published as a special issue of Women's History Review.
This book redefines the origins of the women's rights campaigns in Britain. Contrary to the existing historiography, which argues that the Victorian feminist movement began in the 1850s, this book, by bringing to light a wealth of unused sources, demonstrates that a vibrant community existed during the 1830's and 1840's. Previously neglected, this remarkable group of writers and reformers established both the ideologies and personnel network which provided the foundations of the women's rights campaigns of the coming decades. This early feminist movement grew out of the radical views on women promoted by the Unitarian minister William Johnson Fox and his associates in the 1830s. Gleadle demonstrates that Fox and his circle may be seen as "radical unitarians"--divorced from the main Unitarian body and distinguished by distinctive ideological creeds. This study explores the radical unitarians' pioneering campaigns to elevate women's position and highlights their visionary commitment to a wider, humanitarian dream of establishing a more equal, more caring society.
This book redefines the origins of the nineteenth-century women's
rights campaigns in Britain, demonstrating that a vibrant, but
previously neglected feminist network existed during the 1830s and
1840s. Gleadle demonstrates that these reformers, whom she terms
the 'radical unitarians', must be understood within the context of
the contemporary Unitarian culture. She shows how their desire to
transform society and elevate women's position led them to embark
upon many groundbreaking campaigns. This pioneering work fed
directly into the women's rights movement of the subsequent
decades.
This is a clear and stimulating assessment of 19th-century British women. It provides an in-depth understanding of the key historiographical debates and issues, placing particular emphasis upon recent, revisionist research. The book highlights not only the ideologies and economic circumstances which shaped women's lives, but also highlights the sheer diversity of women's own experiences and identities. It presents a positive but nuanced interpretation of women's roles within their own families and communities, as well as stressing women's enormous contribution to the making of contemporary British culture and society.
This volume provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of
women's involvement in British political culture in the first half
of the nineteenth century. It is based upon extensive archival
research, but also engages with recent feminist theories in the
social sciences, such as psychology and sociology. The volume is
innovative too for its attention to rural experiences of politics,
as well as urban. Dr Gleadle not only throws new light on women's
political activities but also does much to challenge many
traditional assumptions about contemporary politics per se. This
includes, for example, fresh insights into the great Reform Act of
1832, attention to the many continuities in political practice and
ideas, and a focus upon the primary significance of parish politics
within the day-to-day activities of the middling and gentry
classes.
This groundbreaking volume examines women's political involvement
from a variety of innovative angles. In addition to exploring
literary sources and women's contribution to electoral processes,
pressure group politics are examined in depth (including Jewish
civil rights and the campaigns against the Corn Laws and Indian
widow-burning). The attention to neglected aspects of women's
political activity, such as religion, domesticity, European
nationalism, empire and life-style enable this book to challenge
not only the historiography of Georgian and Victorian women, but
also the nature of political history itself.
This groundbreaking volume examines women's political involvement
from a variety of innovative angles. In addition to exploring
literary sources and women's contribution to electoral processes,
pressure group politics are examined in depth (including Jewish
civil rights and the campaigns against the Corn Laws and Indian
widow-burning). The attention to neglected aspects of women's
political activity, such as religion, domesticity, European
nationalism, empire and life-style enable this book to challenge
not only the historiography of Georgian and Victorian women, but
also the nature of political history itself.
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