From spinster to career woman : middle-class women and work in Victorian England / Arlene Young.

By:

Young, Arlene [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780773558496
9780773558489

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HD6136 .F766 2019

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Contents:

The Woman Question and the One Thing Needful : Work -- The Strong-Minded Victorian Nurse : The Disputes over Nursing and Hospital Reform -- "Books Are Better Than That" : The Representation of the Nurse in Victorian Fiction -- Work and the Challenges of Modernity : The Victorian Typewriter -- "In Business to Stay" : The Typewriter in Victorian Fiction -- Conclusion : "What Shall We Do with Our Daughters?" : The Women's Press and the Mainstream Media in the 1890s.

Subject: "The late Victorian period brought a radical change in cultural attitudes toward middle-class women and work. Anxiety over the growing disproportion between women and men in the population, combined with an awakening desire among young women for personal and financial freedom, led progressive thinkers to advocate for increased employment opportunities. The major stumbling block was the persistent conviction that middle-class women--"ladies"--Could not work without relinquishing their social status. Through media reports, public lectures, and fictional portrayals of working women, From Spinster to Career Woman traces advocates' efforts to alter cultural perceptions of women, work, class, and the ideals of womanhood. Focusing on the archetypal figures of the hospital nurse and the typewriter, Arlene Young analyzes the strategies used to transform a job perceived as menial into a respected profession and to represent office work as progressive employment for educated women. Going beyond a standard examination of historical, social, and political realities, this book delves into the intense human elements of a cultural shift, and the hopes and fears of young women seeking independence. Providing new insights into the Victorian period, From Spinster to Career Woman captures the voices of ordinary women caught up in the frustrations and excitements of a new era."--

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Victorian Spinster to New Career Woman -- The Woman Question and the One Thing Needful : Work -- The Strong-Minded Victorian Nurse : The Disputes over Nursing and Hospital Reform -- "Books Are Better Than That" : The Representation of the Nurse in Victorian Fiction -- Work and the Challenges of Modernity : The Victorian Typewriter -- "In Business to Stay" : The Typewriter in Victorian Fiction -- Conclusion : "What Shall We Do with Our Daughters?" : The Women's Press and the Mainstream Media in the 1890s.

"The late Victorian period brought a radical change in cultural attitudes toward middle-class women and work. Anxiety over the growing disproportion between women and men in the population, combined with an awakening desire among young women for personal and financial freedom, led progressive thinkers to advocate for increased employment opportunities. The major stumbling block was the persistent conviction that middle-class women--"ladies"--Could not work without relinquishing their social status. Through media reports, public lectures, and fictional portrayals of working women, From Spinster to Career Woman traces advocates' efforts to alter cultural perceptions of women, work, class, and the ideals of womanhood. Focusing on the archetypal figures of the hospital nurse and the typewriter, Arlene Young analyzes the strategies used to transform a job perceived as menial into a respected profession and to represent office work as progressive employment for educated women. Going beyond a standard examination of historical, social, and political realities, this book delves into the intense human elements of a cultural shift, and the hopes and fears of young women seeking independence. Providing new insights into the Victorian period, From Spinster to Career Woman captures the voices of ordinary women caught up in the frustrations and excitements of a new era."--

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