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Women, Work & Sexual Politics in Eighteenth-century England
In this fundamental reassessment of women's experience of work in eighteenth-century England, Bridget Hill examines how and to what extent industrialization improved the overall position of women and the opportunities open to them. Focusing on the most important unit of production, the household, Dr Hill examines women's work, not only in "housework" but also in agriculture and manufacturing, and reveals what women lost as the household's independence as a unit of economic production was undermined. Considering the whole range of activities in which women were involved, the increasing sexual division of labour is charted and its implications highlighted. The final part of the book considers how the changing nature of women's work influenced courtship, marriage and relations between the sexes.
Women, Work And Sexual Politics In Eighteenth-Century England
The author offers a reassessment of how women's experience of work in 18th- century England was affected by industrialization and other elements of economic, social and technological change.; This study focuses on the household, the most important unit of production in the 18th century. Hill examines the work done by the women of the household, not only in "housework" but also in agriculture and manufacturing, and explains what women lost as the household's independence as a unit of economic production was undermined.; Considering the whole range of activities in which women were involved - including many occupations unrecorded in censuses which have, therefore, been largely ignored by histo...
Eighteenth-Century Women
First published in 1984, this book filled an acknowledged gap in the social history of the eighteenth century. Drawing on newspapers, journals, memoirs, diaries, courtesy books, county surveys and records, it also does so on the literature of the period. It examines the role assigned to women in society and explores attitudes of the time and the real experience of women.
The Republican Virago
Catharine Macaulay represented everything the eighteenth century abhorred in a woman. She was learned, politically minded, actively engaged with public and philosophical issues of the day. Her private life, and especially her 'imprudent' second marriage to a man twenty-six years her junior,led to much malicious gossip. Yet in her lifetime she also won considerable fame. The author of an eight-volume history of England in the seventeenth century, a republican, a follower of John Wilkes, and a political polemicist, not only did she influence the nature of eighteenth-century radicalismin England, but she played an important contributory role in the shaping of American revolutionary ideology. Lo...
Women Alone
This book opens a window into the lives of British spinsters in the mid-seventeenth to mid-nineteenth centuries, assessing the opportunities open to them and the restrictions placed upon them within different social classes, occupations, and periods. Hill examines how often spinsters were able to earn enough money to live independently, She looks at the part single women played in religious organisations and the role of friendship and letter-writing in their daily lives. She describes the nature of close relationships between women, some lesbian but many others not. Exploring the spinsters' possibilities of escape from restrictive lives, particularly by emigration or crossdressing, she discusses how successful these were. She provides details about the degree of surveillance single women suffered from the authorities and how often they were seen as a threat to social order. Finally she addresses the question of whether all spinsters of this era were suffering victims or potential viragoes, or neither.
Welcome .... Do Come In
Have you ever felt sad, lonely, heartbroken, judged, completely fed up? I have for as long as I can remember. To be able to relieve some of the pain I started writing down my feelings. Genuine everyday emotion feeds my thought process. From finding out I might never have kids or a friends death are some feelings that I had to put on paper. Having low self-esteem and trying to find yourself in a world where no matter what you do or say you will never be accepted. Finding the love of your life and not realizeing it until it's too late. Thse are a few experiences that you will read about. There are no titles on any of these poems. Titiles aren't always inviting to the reader. In my opinion the mystery of the unknown is quite intriguing. In order to identify with one of these poems dive in head firest and dissect it. Analyze the symbolism to see if you can relate. We have all needed to feel accepted but that one foot always gets stuck in the door. By reading this collection I hope that you will feel connectd to atleast one person.
Servants
This is a study into 18th-century servants, male and female, in large and small households, in both town and country. This collection of essays offers new material on the sexuality of servants, on kin as servants and on pauper servants.
Glorious Causes
Glorious Causes explores the politics of theatricality and the theatricality of politics in late Georgian Britain, at a time when the British nation can be described as a stage for reform. Political rhetoric during this period was characterized by a rich vocabulary, drawing on theatrical language and forms, from melodrama and tragedy, to comedy and burlesque. Most importantly, activity in the theaters themselves, often dismissed until recently as vulgar or sentimental, was highly charged with political dynamic and controversy, central to the drama of reform.
Women and Literature in Britain, 1700-1800
This book, first published in 2000, is an authoritative volume of new essays on women's writing and reading in the eighteenth century.
