Women in England 1760-1914 by Susie Steinbach

It considers the influence of religion, education, and politics, especially the advent of organised feminism and the suffragette movement. It charts the poverty and struggles of the working class as well as the leadership roles of middle-class and elite women. Using diaries, letters, memoirs as well as social and statistical research, it looks at life-expectancy, sex, marriage and childbirth, and work inside and outside the home, for all classes of women. This book brings together an astonishing range of research into women's lives in England between 17. It considers the influence of religion, education, and politics, especially the advent of. The result is admirable and exemplary.This book brings together an astonishing range of research into women's lives in England between 17.

Steinbach maintains a clear chronological approach within each theme, and writes plain prose, not feminist polemic. it offers a fresh and lively interpretation of women's lives between the reign of George III and the First World War.- SUNDAY HERALD, Steinbach is an American academic, but the book is refreshingly free of the compound nouns and tortured syntax that usually characterise that calling.

This book offers a skillful synthesis of a range of published material relating to working women of all social classes- HISTORY TODAY, The book is well researched and lavishly illustrated. The result is admirable and exemplary.', A readable and fresh account of women's lives between the reign of George III and the First World War.

Steinbach shows the tension between the political, legal and cultural restrictions against women and the impressive range of activities in which they nevertheless engaged.- DAILY TELEGRAPH, A grand sweep of a book, a well-researched, freshly written and unexpectedly entertaining look at 'the lost 19th century' from women's points of view- INDEPENDENT, 'Steinbach is an American academic, but the book is refreshingly free of the compound nouns and tortured syntax that usually characterise that calling. Steinbach's lively survey brings together the results of researches to offer a revealing portrait of women's lives in every class and all areas of life- SCOTSMAN, engaging book.

Women in England 1760-1914 by Susie Steinbach