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Emigrant Gentlewomen

Genteel Poverty and Female Emigration, 1830-1914

A James Hammerton author

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