| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 155 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits |
| Contents |
Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Women and the law; Part One: The Arts & Literature; Chapter 1: Fanny Burney -- diarist and novelist; Chapter 2: Anne Damer -- sculptor; Chapter 3: Sarah Siddons -- actress; Part Two: The Scientific World; Chapter 4: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu -- medical advocate; Chapter 5: Jane Marcet -- scientific book writer; Chapter 6: Sarah Guppy -- inventor; Part Three: Business & Commerce; Chapter 7: Hester Pinney -- lace maker and stockbroker; Chapter 8: Hester Bateman -- silversmith; Chapter 9: Eleanor Coade -- manufacturer of artificial stone |
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Chapter 10: Mary Darly -- print shop ownerChapter 11: Teresia 'Con' Phillips -- bigamist, litigant and courtesan; Chapter 12: Elizabeth Raffald -- cookery book writer and businesswoman; Chapter 13: Anna Fry -- chocolatier; Part Four: Reformers and Educationalists; Chapter 14: Margaret, Lady Middleton -- anti-slavery campaigner; Chapter 15: Hannah More -- bluestocking, educationalist and pamphleteer; Chapter 16: Elizabeth Fry -- prison reformer; Chapter 17: Mary Wollstonecraft -- feminist and writer; Conclusion; Appendix The Education of Women by Daniel Defoe; Bibliography; Image accreditation |
| Summary |
"[This book] offers [an] ... insight into the world of female inequality in the eighteenmth century. It looks at the reasons for their inequality - the legal barriers, the lack of education, the prejudices and misconceptions held by men - and also examines the reluctance of women to compete on an equal footing. ... Representing women from all walks of life ... the book examines the way that the Quaker movement, with its doctrine of equality between men and women, spawned so many successful businesses and helped propel women to the forefront."--Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 10, 2018) |
| Subject |
Feminists -- England -- History -- 18th century -- Biography
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England -- History -- 18th century
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Sex role -- England -- History -- 18th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Feminists
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Sex role
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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England
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781473886070 |
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1473886074 |
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9781473886087 |
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1473886082 |
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