An Exposition of the Laws Relating to the Women of England
Author: John Jane Smith Wharton
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Published: 1853
Total Pages: 616
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Author: John Jane Smith Wharton
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Published: 1853
Total Pages: 616
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mary Lyndon Shanley
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2020-07-21
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 0691215987
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBridging the fields of political theory and history, this comprehensive study of Victorian reforms in marriage law reshapes our understanding of the feminist movement of that period. As Mary Shanley shows, Victorian feminists argued that justice for women would not follow from public rights alone, but required a fundamental transformation of the marriage relationship.
Author: Caroline Sheridan Norton
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Published: 1854
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssay on the legal status of women in British law and her own personal experience with leaving her husband in 1836 and the legal aftermath. Pages 18-21 discuss legal cases involving enslaved persons in British colonies and the United States.
Author: Boston Public Library. Galatea Collection
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Published: 1898
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Linda Mulcahy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-01-27
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1135337144
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe law of contract is ripe for feminist analysis. Despite increasing calls for the re-conceptualisation of neo-classical ways of thinking, feminist perspectives on contract tend to be marginalised in mainstream textbooks. This edited collection questions the assumptions made in such works and the ideologies that underpin them, drawing attention to the ways in which the law of contract has facilitated the virtual exclusion of women, the feminine and the private sphere from legal discourse. Contributors to this volume offer a range of ways of thinking about the subject and cover topics such as the feminine offeree, feminist perspectives on contracts in cyberspace, the forgotten world of women and contracts, restitution and feminist economic theory, the gendered power dynamics of undue influence, and the feminisation of dispute resolution.
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Published: 1853
Total Pages: 582
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kate Summerscale
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2012-07-05
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1408834383
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnhanced Edition of the bestselling Mrs Robinson's Disgrace, including author videos and podcasts On a mild winter's evening in 1850, Isabella Robinson set out for a party. Her carriage bumped across the wide cobbled streets of Edinburgh's Georgian New Town and drew up at 8 Royal Circus, a grand sandstone house lit by gas lamps. This was the home of the rich widow Lady Drysdale, a vivacious hostess whose soirees were the centre of an energetic intellectual scene. Lady Drysdale's guests were gathered in the high, airy drawing rooms on the first floor, the ladies in dresses of glinting silk and satin, bodices pulled tight over boned corsets; the gentlemen in tailcoats, waistcoats, neckties and pleated shirt fronts, dark narrow trousers and shining shoes. When Mrs Robinson joined the throng she was introduced to Lady Drysdale's daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Edward Lane. She was at once enchanted by the handsome Mr Lane, a medical student ten years her junior. He was 'fascinating', she told her diary, before chastising herself for being so susceptible to a man's charms. But a wish had taken hold of her, which she was to find hard to shake... A compelling story of romance and fidelity, insanity, fantasy, and the boundaries of privacy in a society clinging to rigid ideas about marriage and female sexuality, Mrs Robinson's Disgrace brings vividly to life a complex, frustrated Victorian wife, longing for passion and learning, companionship and love.
Author: Sally Mitchell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 1014
ISBN-13: 0415668514
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been written by authorities in the field and contain bibliographies to provide guidelines for further research. The work is intended for undergraduates and the general reader, and also as a starting point for graduates who wish to explore new fields.
Author: Carol Smart
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-11
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1134905769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of original essays looks at a topic of growing interest and debate in feminist and historical circles: the social regulation of women through law during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the resistance which emerged in response. The collection refutes the notion of women oppressed during the 19th century, unable to act in opposition to the law. When issues of motherhood and women's sexuality became areas of public policy, women began to negotiate the law, as case studies from Europe and the USA show. This book should be of interest to students of women's studies, sociology of law, and social policy.