Public lives
Subtitle: women, family, and society in Victorian Britain
By: by Eleanor Gordon and Gwyneth Nair.
Contributors: Nair, Gwyneth.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Women -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- History -- 19th century; Middle class women -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- History -- 19th century; Middle class families -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- History -- 19th century; Sex role -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- History -- 19th century; Glasgow (Scotland) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Description: "This lively book challenges many stereotypes about Victorian women and their families and offers intriguing new insights into middle-class life in Britain from 1840 through the early years of the twentieth century. Eleanor Gordon and Gwyneth Nair examine women's relationships, their marriages, the ways they earned and spent their money, and their social, spiritual, and civic lives. What emerges from this fascinating research is a revised - and far richer - view of middle class women's experiences in the Victorian era than has been understood before."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-285) and index.