| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 150 pages) |
| Series |
Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 187 |
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Contributions in women's studies ; no. 187. 0147-104X
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Slavery -- Birth of a Colony -- Constructing Versions of Womanhood: Plantation Society, 1700-1834 -- Finding Freedom and Resisting Definition -- Women of Respect: Exerting Influence and Exercising Power -- Ch. 2. Amelioration -- Abolitionists and Patriarchy -- Shaping the New Woman -- Ch. 3. Post-Abolition Virgin Islands Society -- Emancipation and Its Immediate Aftermath -- Post-Abolition Government -- Missionaries in Post-Abolition Virgin Islands -- Ch. 4. New Challenges -- Women in Post-Abolition Society and Economy -- Education and Women -- Ch. 5. Constructing Self -- Twentieth-Century Government -- Women in the Society and in the Family -- Ch. 6. Public Lives -- Women and Welfare -- Women in the Economy -- Women in Education: Leading the Way -- Women in Health -- Ch. 7. The Boom Years, 1970-1995 -- Progress and Change -- Women in the Economy: Gaining Ground -- Women and the Family -- Women and Social Policy -- Ch. 8. Political Women -- Political Gains since 1970 -- Factors Affecting Women's Political Participation |
| Summary |
Annotation Provides a comprehensive history of women in the Virgin Islands and analyzes how the colonial relationship has shaped and continues to influence women's public and private lives |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Women -- British Virgin Islands -- History
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Women -- British Virgin Islands
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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Women
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Geschichte
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Frau
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British Virgin Islands
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British Virgin Islands
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Jungferninseln (Großbritannien)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00057810 |
| ISBN |
0313000735 |
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9780313000737 |
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