
Description
Based on the letters, diaries, and account books of over one hundred women from commercial, professional, and gentry families, this book transforms our understanding of the position of women in Georgian England. In their own words, they tell of their sometimes humorous, sometimes moving experiences and desires, and of their many roles, including kinswoman, wife, mother, housekeeper, consumer, hostess, and member of polite society. By the nineteenth century, family duties continued to dominate women's lives, yet, Vickery contends, the public profile of privileged women had reached unprecedented heights.
Product Details
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Publish Date | August 11, 2003 |
Pages | 448 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780300102222 |
Dimensions | 7.7 X 5.3 X 1.1 inches | 0.8 pounds |
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