feminine public sphere
At a time when women were barred from clerical roles, middle-class women made use of the informal power structures of Victorian and Edwardian associationalism in order to actively participate as citizens.
This investigation of women''s part in civic life provides a fresh approach to the ''public sphere'', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity and develops the notion of a ''feminine...
At a time when women were barred from clerical roles, middle-class women made use of the informal power structures of Victorian and Edwardian associationalism in order to actively participate as citizens.
This investigation of women''s part in civic life provides a fresh approach to the ''public sphere'', illuminates women as agents of a middle-class identity and develops the notion of a ''feminine...
