Women Alone. Spinsters in England 1660-1850

Hill, Bridget;

Hardback als nieuw. Gebonden met stofomslag. Engelstalig.

We know very little about spinsters in earlier times, for the stigma attached to the unmarried state often rendered these women almost invisible. Now a fascinating book opens a window into the lives of British spinsters in the mid-seventeenth to mid-nineteenth centuries, assessing the opportunities open to them and the restrictions placed upon them within different social classes, occupations, and periods. Bridget Hill examines how often spinsters were able to earn enough money to live independently, what provision the Poor Law made for them if they did not, whether extreme poverty led to their involvement in crime or prostitution, and, if they stayed in the parental home, what kind of lives they led. She looks at the part single women played in religious organisations and the role of friendship and letter-writing in their daily lives. She describes the nature of close relationships between women, some lesbian but many others not. Exploring the spinsters' possibilities of escape from restrictive lives, particularly by emigration or crossdressing, she discusses how successful these were. She provides details about the degree of surveillance single women suffered from the authorities

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Aantal beschikbaar:

1

Staat:

Als nieuw

ISBN:

9780300088205

Taal:

en

Jaar van uitgifte:

2001

Uitgever:

Yale University Press

Druk:

Eerste druk

Magazijn locatie:

H24LD352

Boeknummer:

225738

Pagina's:

219

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