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Aristocratic Women and Political Society in Victorian Britain

Aristocratic Women and Political Society in Victorian Britain

Reynolds, K. D.

Hardcover

Series: Oxford Historical Monographs

British HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0198207271
ISBN13: 9780198207276
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: Jul 16 1998
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This study of gender and power in Victorian Britain is the first book to examine the contribution made by women to the public culture of the British aristocracy in the 19th century. Based on a wide range of archival sources, it explores the roles of aristocratic women in public life, from their country estates to the salons of Westminster and the royal court. Reynolds also shows that a partnership of authority between men and women was integral to aristocratic life, thus making an important contribution to the separate spheres debate. Moreover, she reveals in full the crucial role that these women played at all levels of political activity--from local communities to the national electoral process. The book is both a lively portrait of women's experiences in modern Britain and a corrective to the view of the upper-class Victorian woman as a passive social butterfly.

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