The making of modern woman : Europe 1789-1918

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The making of modern woman : Europe 1789-1918

Lynn Abrams

(The Longman history of European women)

Longman, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-369) and index

"An imprint of Pearson Education"

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Description

Modern woman was made between the French Revolution and the end of the First World War. In this time, the women of Europe crafted new ideas about their sexuaity, motherhood, the home, the politics of femininity, and their working roles. They faced challenges about what a woman should be and how she should act. From domestic ideology to women's suffrage, this book charts the contests for woman's identity in the epoch-shaping nineteenth century.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Part I Imaging Woman
  • Chapter 1 Body, Mind and Spirit
  • Chapter 2 Learning to be a Woman
  • Part II Private Lives, Public Worlds
  • Chapter 3 Marriage
  • Chapter 4 Mothers and Children
  • Chapter 5 Home, Kinship and Community
  • Chapter 6 Sex and Sexuality
  • Chapter 7 Working for a Living
  • Part III Power and Contest
  • Chapter 8 Politics, Nation and Identity
  • Chapter 9 Women's Mission to Empire
  • Chapter 10 First-Wave Feminism
  • Chapter 11 The Great War

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