Women and Achievement in Nineteenth-Century Europe
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780521650984 (0521650984)
Publish date: April 1st 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages no: 300
Edition language: English
Series: New Approaches to European History (#40)
For women living in the West, the nineteenth century was one of considerable achievement. Though most lived lives defined by gender norms enshrined by class and tradition, a determined few sought to breach the barriers before them to gain greater opportunities across a variety of fields. This effort...