The bluestockings A history of the first women's movement
Book - 2024
This illuminating group portrait delves into the lives of a circle of 18th-century women called the Bluestockings, who came together in glittering salons to discuss and debate as intellectual equals with men, fighting for women to be educated and have a public role in society.
Location | Call Number | Status | |
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2nd Floor New Shelf | 305.4209/Gibson | (NEW SHELF) | Due Oct 6, 2024 |
- Subjects
- Genres
- Biography
Biographies
Informational works - Published
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Company
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First American edition
- Physical Description
- 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-328) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780393881387
- Prologue
- 1. A Woman's Place
- 2. The Salon
- 3. The Streathamites
- 4. The Milking Parlour
- 5. The Commune
- 6. Marriage
- 7. Motherhood
- 8. Friendship
- 9. Love
- 10. Independence
- 11. The End of the Bluestockings
- Acknowledgements
- Picture Credits
- Notes
- Index