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Martha Vicinus's subject is the middle-class English woman, the first of her sex who could afford to live on her own earnings 'outside heterosexual domesticity or church governance.' She wanted and needed to work. Meticulous, resonant, original, triumphant, Independent Women tells of the efforts and endurance of this Victorian woman; of her courage and the constraints that she rejected, accepted, and created. . . . The independent women are the 'foremothers' of any women today who seeks signific

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Author

Vicinus, Martha

Publisher

Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226855677

Category

social science

Subjects

Sociology, History, Gender Studies

Updated

2026-03-25