Women: Power and Privilege
Suggested Reading
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D. Andrew ‘Popular culture and public debate: London 1780’, Historical Journal (1996)
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H. Barker & E. Chalus (eds) Gender in 18th-century England: roles, representation, responsibilities
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E. Chalus Elite women in English political life c.1754-1790
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L. Colley Britons: forging the nation 1707-1837 [Chapter 6]
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L. Davidoff & C. Hall Family fortunes: men and women of the middle class, 1780-1850
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A. Foreman, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
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K. Gleadle and S. Richardson (eds) Women in British politics, 1760-1860: the power of the petticoat
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K. Gleadle, Borderline Citizens
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J.S. Lewis Sacred to female patriotism: gender, class and politics in late Georgian Britain
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S. Richardson, The Political Worlds of Women: Gender and Political Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain
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A. Stott Hannah More: the first Victorian
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A. Vickery (ed) Women, privilege, and power: British politics 1750 to the present
Sources
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Eighteen-Eleven
- Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- Priscilla Wakefield, Reflections on the Present Condition of the Female Sex
- Hannah More, Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education
Questions
- Were women able to participate in politics in this period?
- What strategies did they use?
- What were the limitations on their participation?
- What arguments did women themselves put forward for increased participation in public life?