Women, Religion and Feminism in Britain, 1750-1900
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 11, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780333993071
Subjects: Christianity; Feminism; Religion: general; Social history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Religion - Church History; History: World; British Isles; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Christian Life - Women's Issues; Christianity - History - General; Women's Studies - History; Religion; Religion / Church History; Social Science / Women's Studies; Social Science-Women's Studies - History; Europe - Great Britain - General; Women's Studies - General; Church history; England; History; Women and religion; Women in Christianity
First sentence: The purpose of this chapter is to set the educational views of the Evangelical philanthropist Hannah More (1745-1833) in the context of contemporary debates on the education of women and the poor.