The lives of Scottish women: women and Scottish society ; 1800 - 1980

"This book tells the stories of ten women whose inspirational lives and struggles exemplify the concerns and problems that other women have faced throughout the last two centuries. Each is the subject of a chapter devoted to her particular story and the times in which she lived. The nineteenth...

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Main Author: Knox, William 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh Univ. Press 2006
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"This book tells the stories of ten women whose inspirational lives and struggles exemplify the concerns and problems that other women have faced throughout the last two centuries. Each is the subject of a chapter devoted to her particular story and the times in which she lived. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries witnessed great changes in women's position in Scotland, and yet little is known about the achievements of the Scottish women who were the main agents of these changes. In presenting the life stories of ten women, William Knox provides evidence of the huge contribution made by women to the shaping of modern Scotland. At the same time he shows how the life histories of individuals can reveal previously dark corners of historical understanding and allow a more nuanced picture of Scottish society as a whole. His subjects include Jane Welsh Carlyle, brilliantly gifted, but married to the wayward and demanding Thomas, Sophia Jex-Blake, Scotland's first female doctor, and Mary Slessor, the 'White Queen' missionary. Individually their biographies are full of drama and interest. Collectively they say about much the range of women's economic, social and political experience in the past two hundred years."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:234 S. Ill.
ISBN:0748617884
0748624090
9780748617883
9780748624096