The women's movement and women's employment in nineteenth century Britain /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jordan, Ellen, 1938-
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Description:	xv, 261 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge research in gender and history
Subject:	Women -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Feminism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions. Feminism. Women -- Employment. Women -- Social conditions. Great Britain. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3924508

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ISBN:	0415189519 (hardbound)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-247) and index.

Table of Contents:

Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. The question of middle class women's work
PartII. The Constraints of Women's Work
Chapter 2. The constraints of gentility: The seperation of work and home and the emergence of the male-breadwinner norm
Chapter 3. The constraints of feminity: The domestic ideology
Chapter 4. What was 'women's work'? The patriarchal household and employers' 'knowledge'
PartIII. Strong-minded women
Chapter 5. Bluestockings, philanthropists and the religious heterodoxy
Chapter 6. Girl's education, governesses, and the ladies' colleges
Chapter 7. Female philanthropy and the middle class nurse
PartIV. The Women's Movement
Chapter 8. Redefining "Women's Sphere": Confronting the Domestic Ideology
Chapter 9. Redefining "Women's Work": Creating a "Pull Factor"
Chapter 10. Redefining "Ladies Work": Creating a "Push Factor"

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