The English Woman's Journal - Softcover

English Woman's Journal Company

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0461761874 ISBN 13: 9780461761870

Publisher: HardPress, 2016

Synopsis

The English Woman's Journal is a 1864 issue’s Part 4 of 4, weaving reform essays, biographical sketches, travel writing, and fiction focused on women’s education, rights, and public roles. It combines long-form storytelling with social critique in settings ranging from Shetland to Chambéry, Beirut, Paris, and Naples, and features pieces on education, law, and maternal duty. Notable items include The Brother’s Sacrifice; Poor Freddy; Little Fairy, and Gatherings for Girls; as well as the extended piece The Study and Teaching of Natural History, arguing that outdoor natural history can be studied and taught by women as a profession. The collection foregrounds domestic virtue and maternal responsibility, advocates for women’s professional opportunities, and critiques married women’s property rights and legal status. It also presents memory and public service by women, charity, and reform through biographies (e.g., Caroline Frances Cornwallis) and portraits of reform circles. In sum, the issue illustrates 19th-century feminist reform across education, law, and social practice through fiction, travel writing, and editorial discourse.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461761874
• ISBN 13: 9780461761870
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 454