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Author:   Ellen Jordan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780415510509

ISBN 10:   0415510503
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   14 February 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: The question of middle class women's work Part II: The Constraints of Women's Work Chapter 2: The constraints of gentility: The seperation of work and home and the emergence of the male-breadwinner norm Chapter 3: The constraints of feminity: The domestic ideology Chapter 4: What was 'women's work'? The patriarchal household and employers' 'knowledge' Part III: Strong-minded women Chapter 5: Bluestockings, philanthropists and the religious heterodoxy Chapter 6: Girl's education, governesses, and the ladies' colleges Chapter 7: Female philanthropy and the middle class nurse Part IV: The Women's Movement Chapter 8: Redefining Women's Sphere: Confronting the Domestic Ideology Chapter 9: Redefining Women's Work: Creating a Pull Factor Chapter 10: Redefining Ladies Work: Creating a Push Factor

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'Ellen Jordan's discussion of women's employment and the 'Women's Movement' meets its aim of deepening understanding of the social and economic factors influencing the expansion of women's work in nineteenth-century Britain.' - Megan Smitley, Business History Vol.42, No. 4, Oct 2000

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