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Eminent Victorian Women

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Elizabeth Longford has chosen eleven Victorian women who in their actions or writing challenged the repressive rules of established society. They include Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, whose cloistered lives were illuminated by the vividness of their creative genius; Josephine Butler, who brought about the end of the infamous Contagious Diseases Acts; Annie Besant, who campaigned vigorously for the rights of women subject to unreasonable husbands or harsh employers; Harriet Beecher Stowe, whose novel Uncle Tom's Cabin brought the cruelties of slavery to the world's attention; and James Barry, born Margaret Bulkley, medical reformer and arguably the first British female ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750948876
SKU
V9780750948876
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Ref
99-50

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