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xi, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-238) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A mad wicked folly? -- The radicalism of female rule in Eighteenth-Century Britain -- "An argument of a very popular character" : Queen Victoria in the early women's movement, c. 1832-1876 -- Rethinking the "right to rule" in Victorian Britain -- The Anti-Suffragists' Queen -- "No more fitting commemoration"? : reclaiming Victoria for the women's movement during the Golden and Diamond Jubilees -- Conclusion: Queen Victoria versus the Suffragettes : the politics of queenship in Edwardian Britain. |
| Summary |
"Bracing words indeed, yet considered in isolation they actually tell us very little about how Queen Victoria figured in 19th-century conversations about women's rights in Britain. Victoria's opinions about female emancipation, after all, were initially registered in private, not public. While her opposition to women's rights would have been well known to her correspondents and a small circle of friends and associates, it was not conveyed to a broader public until decades later. The Queen's letter of 1852 to her Uncle Leopold, for example, only came to public attention in 1876, when it was included in Theodore Martin's The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901.
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Feminism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Women's rights -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901.
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Women -- Suffrage -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901. (OCoLC)fst00031183
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Women -- Suffrage.
(OCoLC)fst01176996
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Feminism. (OCoLC)fst00922671
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Women's rights. (OCoLC)fst01178818
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1901
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Queen Victoria and the women's movement |
| ISBN |
9781108484848 hardcover |
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1108484840 hardcover |
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9781108615549 electronic book |
| Standard No. |
40029387350 |
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