The lives discussed here cover a period from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, and include several women Friends active in radical politics and the women's movement, in the service of which they were able to mobilise extensive national and international networks. They also created and preserved a substantial archive of private papers, comprising letters and diaries full of humour and darkness, the spiritual and the mundane, family confidences and public debate, the daily round and affairs of state.
The discovery of such a collection makes it possible to examine the relationship between the personal and public lives of these women Friends, explored through a number of topics including the nature of Quaker domestic and church cultures; the significance of kinship and church membership for the building of extensive Quaker networks; the relationship between Quaker religious values and women's participation in civil society and radical politics and the women's rights movement. There are also fresh perspectives on the political career of John Bright, provided by his fond but frank women kin.
This new study is a must read for all those interested in the history of women, religion and politics.
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The lives discussed here cover a period from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries, and include several women Friends active in radical politics and the women's movement, in the service of which they were able to mobilise extensive national and international networks. They also created and preserved a substantial archive of private papers, comprising letters and diaries full of humour and darkness, the spiritual and the mundane, family confidences and public debate, the daily round and affairs of state.
The discovery of such a collection makes it possible to examine the relationship between the personal and public lives of these women Friends, explored through a number of topics including the nature of Quaker domestic and church cultures; the significance of kinship and church membership for the building of extensive Quaker networks; the relationship between Quaker religious values and women's participation in civil society and radical politics and the women's rights movement. There are also fresh perspectives on the political career of John Bright, provided by his fond but frank women kin.
This new study is a must read for all those interested in the history of women, religion and politics.
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Women's and Gender History |
Release date | March 2007 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | May 2007 |
Authors | Sandra Stanley Holton |
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 304 |
Edition | New edition |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-415-28144-7 |
Barcode | 9780415281447 |
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LSN | 0-415-28144-X |