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A Widening Sphere (Routledge Revivals): Changing Roles of Victorian Women

A Widening Sphere (Routledge Revivals): Changing Roles of Victorian Women

Vicinus, Martha

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Revivals

General Gender StudiesGeneral World HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0415837065
ISBN13: 9780415837064
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 5 2013
Pages: 346
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

First published in 1977, this book is a companion volume to Suffer and Be Still. It looks at the widening sphere of women's activities in the Victorian age and testifies to the dual nature of the legal and social constraints of the period: on the one hand, the ideal of the perfect lady and the restrictive laws governing marriage and property posed limits to women's independence; on the other hand, some Victorian women chose to live lives of great variety and complexity. By uncovering new data and reinterpreting old, the contributors in this volume debunk some of the myths surrounding the Victorian woman and alter stereotypes on which many of today's social customs are based.

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