Emigrant Gentlewomen
Genteel Poverty and Female Emigration, 1830-1914
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:28th Nov '17
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First published in 1979. This book examines the distressed gentlewoman stereotype, primarily through a study of the experience of emigration among single middle-class women between 1830 and 1914. Based largely on a study of government and philanthropic emigration projects, it argues that the image of the downtrodden resident governess does inadequate justice to Victorian middle-class women’s responses to the experience of economic and social decline and to insufficient female employment opportunities. This title will be of interest to students of history.
ISBN: 9781138642102
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
222 pages