Women in European Culture and Society

Deborah Simonton

Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 Rights of Man and Duties of Woman Prelude: Women’s identity in eighteenth-century culture Chapter 1: Intimate Worlds: self, sex and family On Woman Educating Girls Transitions 1Women going it alone Marriage Law Husbands and Wives Experts on childcare Mothers and Children Chapter 2: Community Spaces Keeping House Labouring Women Artisans Businesswomen Midwifery Chapter 3: Wider Worlds – Gendering the Enlightenment Rulers Political Culture Intellectual Rights Science and intellect Travelling women Intermezzo: The Revolutionary Era Rights of Women Reflections on Revolution Part 2 Domesticity and Industrialism Prelude: Legacy of the Enlightenment Chapter 4: Intimate Worlds – self, sex and family Educating Women Bridging Two Worlds Marriage Singletons Mothers and Children Chapter 5: Community Spaces Keeping a Good House Rural Worlds Urban workers Business and Professions Chapter 6: Shaping Wider Worlds Political Women Worlds of Talent Intermezzo: La Belle Époque Female Health Votes for Women Travel and Empire Part 3 Modern Times Prelude: Carrying Linda’s Stones Chapter 7: Intimacy and Independence Finding their Way Changing Values Women’s Realities Motherhood Singletons Chapter 8: The Transitional Community Work and Identity War Work Women at Work Legislation and unemployment Chapter 9: The Wider Stage Feminism The Elephant in the Room Political Activism Global Politics Legacies of Empire Worlds of Creativity Further Reading Index