1st Edition

The Routledge History of Women in Europe since 1700

Edited By Deborah Simonton Copyright 2006
416 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

The Routledge History of Women in Europe since 1700  is a landmark publication that provides the most coherent overview of women’s role and place in western Europe, spanning the era from the beginning of the eighteenth century until the twentieth century. In this collection of essays, leading women's historians counter the notion of ‘national’ histories and provide the insight and... Read more

Preface: European Women's History at the Crossroads Jean H. Quataert Acknowledgements.  Contributors.  1. Introduction: Writing Women in(to) Modern Europe Deborah Simonton  2. At Home in the Family: Women and familial relationships Lynn Abrams  3. Female Sexuality Anna Clark  4. Learning to be Good Girls and Women: Education, training and schools Rebecca Rogers  5. Women Workers; Working Women, Deborah Simonton  6. Women Religious and Religious Women: Faith and practice in women’s lives Pat Starkey 7. Women as citizens: Changing the polity Karen Hunt  8. Valiant Heroes or Pacific Ladies? Women in war and peace Jane Potter  9. Home and Away: Women, popular culture and leisure Tammy Proctor  10. Mistresses of Creation: Women as producers and consumers of art since 1700 Siân Reynolds

Biography

Deborah Simonton is Associate Professor of British History at the University of Southern Denmark. Her publications include A History of European Women’s Work, 1700 to the Present (1998), Gendering Scottish History, an international approach (1999) (co-edited) and has written widely on gender, work and education.