The bluestockings : a history of the first women's movement

The bluestockings : a history of the first women's movement / Susannah Gibson.

Author/creator	Gibson, Susannah author.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	First American edition.
Publication Info	New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.
Copyright Notice	©2024
Description	338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Sex role--England --History --18th century. Women intellectuals--England --History --18th century. Women--England --Social conditions --18th century. Rôle selon le sexe--Angleterre --Histoire --18e siècle. Intellectuelles--Angleterre --Histoire --18e siècle. Femmes--Angleterre --Conditions sociales --18e siècle. England--Intellectual life --18th century. Angleterre--Vie intellectuelle --18e siècle.

Contents	Prologue -- A woman's place -- The salon -- The streathamites -- The milking parlour -- The commune -- Marriage -- Motherhood -- Friendship -- Love -- Independence -- The end of the Bluestockings.
Abstract	This illuminating group portrait delves into the lives of a circle of 18th-century women called the Bluestockings, who came together in glittering salons to discuss and debate as intellectual equals with men, fighting for women to be educated and have a public role in society.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-328) and index.
Genre/form	Biography.
Genre/form	Biographies.
Genre/form	Biographies.
ISBN	9780393881387 (hardcover)
ISBN	0393881385 (hardcover)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	New Books	HQ1075.5 .E5 G53 2024	✔ Available	Place Hold