Suffer and be Still
Title | Suffer and be Still PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Vicinus |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN | 9780416743401 |
The ideal woman of the Victorian era was a combination of sexual innocence, conspicuous consumption, and worship of the family hearth -- with marriage and procreation being a woman's only function. Suffer and Be Still is a collection of ten lively essays which document the feminine stereotypes that Victorian women fought against, but only partially defeated.
Suffer and be Still
Title | Suffer and be Still PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Vicinus |
Publisher | |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Women |
ISBN |
Suffer and Be Still (Routledge Revivals)
Title | Suffer and Be Still (Routledge Revivals) PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Vicinus |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2013-10-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1135045275 |
First published in 1972, this book contains a collection of ten essays that document the feminine stereotypes that women fought against, and only partially erased, a hundred years ago. In an introductory essay, Martha Vicinus describes the perfect Victorian lady, showing that the ideal was a combination of sexual innocence, conspicuous consumption and worship of the family hearth. Indeed, this model in some form was the ideal of all classes as the perfect lady’s only functions were marriage and procreation. The text offers a valuable insight into Victorian culture and society.
Suffer and be still. Women in the Victorian Age. Ed. [and introd.] by M. Vicinus
Title | Suffer and be still. Women in the Victorian Age. Ed. [and introd.] by M. Vicinus PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Images of Victorian Womanhood in English Art
Title | Images of Victorian Womanhood in English Art PDF eBook |
Author | Susan P. Casteras |
Publisher | |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
How to be a Victorian
Title | How to be a Victorian PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth Goodman |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 470 |
Release | 2013-06-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0241958342 |
TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH THE BBC'S RUTH GOODMAN We know what life was like for Victoria and Albert. But what was it like for a commoner - like you or me? How did it feel to cook with coal and wash with tea leaves? Drink beer for breakfast and clean your teeth with cuttlefish? Catch the omnibus to work and do the laundry in your corset? How to be a Victorian is a radical new approach to history; a journey back in time more personal than anything before, illuminating the overlapping worlds of health, sex, fashion, food, school, work and play. Surviving everyday life came down to the gritty details, the small necessities and tricks of living and this book will show you how. ______________________ 'Goodman skilfully creates a portrait of daily Victorian life with accessible, compelling, and deeply sensory prose' Erin Entrada Kelly 'We're lucky to have such a knowledgeable cicerone as Ruth Goodman . . . Revelatory' Alexandra Kimball 'Goodman's research is impeccable . . . taking the reader through an average day and presenting the oddities of life without condescension' Patricia Hagen
Independent Women
Title | Independent Women PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Vicinus |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 437 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0226855686 |
Martha Vicinus's subject is the middle-class English woman, the first of her sex who could afford to live on her own earnings 'outside heterosexual domesticity or church governance.' She wanted and needed to work. Meticulous, resonant, original, triumphant, Independent Women tells of the efforts and endurance of this Victorian woman; of her courage and the constraints that she rejected, accepted, and created. . . . The independent women are the 'foremothers' of any women today who seeks significant work, emotionally satisfying friendships, and a morally charged freedom."—from the Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson "Feminist insight combines with vast research to produce a dramatic narrative. Independent Women chronicles the energetic lives and imaginative communal structures invented by women who 'pioneered new occupations, new living conditions, and new public roles.'"—Lee R. Edwards, Ms. "Vicinus is to be congratulated for her brave and unflinching portraits of twisted spinsters as well as stolid saints. That she stretches her net up into the '20s and covers the women's suffrage momement is a brilliant stroke, for one may see clearly how it was possible for women to mount such an enormous and successful political campaign."—Jane Marcus, Chicago Tribune Book World "Vicinus' beautifully written book abounds in rich historical detail and in subtle psychological insights in the character of its protagonists. The author understands the complexities of the interplay between economic and social conditions, cultural values, and the aims and aspirations of individual personalities who act in history. . . . A superb achievement."—Gerda Lerner, Reviews in American History "Martha Vicinus has with intelligence and energy paved and landscaped the road on which scholars and students of activist women all travel for many years."—Blanche Wiesen Cook, Women's Review of Books "Independent Women can be read by anyone with an interest in women's history. But for all contemporary women, unconsciously enjoying privileges and freedoms once bought so dearly, this book should be required reading."—Catharine E. Boyd, History