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This book is based on the most powerful political figure of the
nineteenth century - Queen of England and Empress of India,
Victoria Regina. It illuminates the biography and career of the
queen by selecting and reprinting relevant extracts from rare
contemporary sources.
This book features the perspectives of contemporaries of Victorian
political figure, Florence Nightingale, who saw in her life and
career a legend in the making, one of greater depth and relevance
than that created by the popular imagination.
This volume focuses on Annie Besant, an iconic female political
figure from the Victorian era. It will be vital to those studying
Nineteenth-Century Studies, Women's History, the History of
Suffrage and the History of Nursing.
This book is based on another powerful political figure of the
nineteenth century - Millicent Garrett Fawcett. It illuminates the
biography and career of Millicent, known by contemporaries
principally for her commitment to women's suffrage and her
particular approach to it.
The third set in this successful series focuses on four iconic
female political figures from the Victorian era: Queen Victoria
(1819-1901), Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), Annie Besant
(1847-1933) and Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929). Wide-ranging
political issues are addressed such as women's suffrage, birth
control and female education- contentious topics as women sought to
improve their legal, educational, political, marital and economic
status. Carefully selected extracts from biographies, memoirs,
diaries, private letters and other ephemera reveal how these iconic
women were viewed by their contemporaries.
This lively and intriguing study looks at the way sports both
reflected and shaped Victorian society. Just as our own games have
a lot to say about modern American culture, so sports are a prism
through which we can gain valuable insights into Victorian society.
The Sporting Life: Victorian Sports and Games is an engaging and
perceptive account of how sport developed during Britain's heyday,
who played (and who wasn't allowed to play), and what it all
conveys about gender, race, imperialism, and national pride.
Drawing extensively on 19th-century writings, The Sporting Life
begins with a survey of sports in pre-Victorian England and the
impact of industrialism in the early 19th century. We read of the
effects of evangelicalism and utilitarianism, both of which first
opposed sport, then used it for their own purposes. We learn of the
association of sports with masculinity, an identification women
challenged late in the century. Finally we learn how English sports
became part of the imperial game, used to promote—and
resist—the spread of Victoria's vast empire.
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