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Author Vicinus, Martha.

Title Independent women : work and community for single women, 1850-1920 / Martha Vicinus.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1985]
©1985

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.489 V777I    Check Shelf
Description xv, 396 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Women in culture and society
Women in culture and society.
Contents Introduction -- The revolt against redundancy -- Church communities: Sisterhoods and deaconnesses' houses -- Reformed hospital nursing: Discipline and cleanliness -- Women's colleges: An independent intellectual life -- The reformed boarding schools: Personal life and public duty -- Settlement houses: A community ideal for the poor -- Male space and women's bodies: The suffragette movement -- Conclusion -- Appendix A gross population figures -- Appendix B model housing and clubs for women -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 363-387.
Subject Single women -- England -- Social conditions.
Middle class -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Single women -- Employment -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Community life.
ISBN 0226855678
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