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19th-century British women writers (6 C, 243 P) Pages in category "19th-century British women" The following 83 pages are in this category, out of 83 total.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:19th-century British writers. It includes British writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:19th-century British male writers
Silent Sisterhood: Middle Class Women in the Victorian Household. (Carnegie Mellon UP, 1975). DeLamont, Sara, and Lorna Duffin, eds. The Nineteenth-Century Woman: Her Cultural and Physical Worlds (1978). Doughan, David, and Peter Gordon. Dictionary of British Women's Organisations, 1825-1960 (Routledge, 2014). Flanders, Judith.
Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British adventurer, writer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age. Her excavation of Ascalon in 1815 is considered the first to use modern archaeological principles, and her use of a medieval Italian document is described as "one of the earliest uses of textual sources by field archaeologists".
A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660–1800. Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985. (Internet Archive) Williams, K. "Women Writers and the Rise of the Novel." The History of British Women's Writing, 1690–1750. Edited by R. Ballaster. Series: The History of British Women's Writing. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
The advent of Reformism during the 19th century opened new opportunities for reformers to address issues facing women and launched the feminist movement. The first organised movement for British women's suffrage was the Langham Place Circle of the 1850s, led by Barbara Bodichon (née Leigh-Smith) and Bessie Rayner Parkes. They also campaigned ...
Women in the 19th century were rarely successful in obtaining a divorce initiated by them, especially before 1857, when divorce required an Act of Parliament; only four Acts of Parliament for divorces were granted on the application of women during that period of the 19th century. [32]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:19th-century British artists. It includes British artists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:19th-century British male artists