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Women and Achievement in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Women and Achievement in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Clark, Linda L.

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Series: New Approaches to European History, Book 40

General European HistoryGeneral World HistoryWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0521658780
ISBN13: 9780521658782
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 17 2008
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
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.

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