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The bluestockings a history of the first women's movement

This illuminating group portrait delves into the lives of a circle of 18th-century women called the Bluestockings, who came together in glittering salons to discuss and debate as intellectual equals with men, fighting for women to be educated and have a public role in society.

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Main Author: Gibson, Susannah (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2024.
Edition:First American edition.
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Sex role > England > History > 18th century.
Women intellectuals > England > History > 18th century.
Women > England > Social conditions > 18th century.
England > Intellectual life > 18th century.
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Summary:This illuminating group portrait delves into the lives of a circle of 18th-century women called the Bluestockings, who came together in glittering salons to discuss and debate as intellectual equals with men, fighting for women to be educated and have a public role in society.
Physical Description:338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-328) and index.
ISBN:9780393881387
0393881385
Author Notes:Susannah Gibson is an Irish writer and historian. She is the author of The Spirit of Inquiry and Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge in eighteenth-century history and lives in Cambridge, England.

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