Title Philanthropy and the construction of Victorian women's citizenship : Lady Frederick Cavendish and Miss Emma Cons / Andrea Geddes Poole

Published Toronto (Ont.) : University of Toronto Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 295 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction -- Lucy Cavendish -- Circumventing the Bishops: women's philanthropy and the Church of England -- Emma Cons -- Opera for Lambeth -- The citizens of Morley College -- Philanthropy and citizenship -- Conclusion Summary "British social reformers Emma Cons (1838 -1911) and Lucy Cavendish (1841-1924) broke new ground in their efforts to better the lot of the working poor in London: they hoped to transform these people's lives through great art, music, high culture, and elite knowledge. Although they did not recognize it as such, their work was in many ways an affirmation and display of citizenship. This book uses Cons's and Cavendish's partnership and work as an illuminating point of departure for exploring the larger topic of women's philanthropic campaigns in late Victorian and Edwardian society. Andrea Geddes Poole demonstrates that, beginning in the late 1860s, a shift was occurring from an emphasis on charity as a private, personal act of women's virtuous duty to public philanthropy as evidence of citizenly, civic participation. She shows that, through philanthropic works, women were able to construct a separate public sphere through which they could speak directly to each other about how to affect matters of significant public policy -- decades before women were finally granted the right to vote."--Publisher's website Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Cavendish, Lucy, Lady, 1841-1925. Cons, Emma, 1838-1912. SUBJECT Cons, Emma, 1838-1912 fast Cavendish, Lucy 1841-1925 gnd Cons, Emma 1838-1912 gnd Subject Women in charitable work -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century Citizenship -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Social reformers -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Women philanthropists -- Great Britain -- Biography Social reformers -- Great Britain -- Biography POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. Social reformers Citizenship -- Social aspects Women in charitable work Women philanthropists Women -- Social conditions Philanthropie Great Britain Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781442665583 1442665580

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