Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England, 1850-1895
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Feminism, Marriage, and the Law in Victorian England, 1850-1895
By (Author) Mary Lyndon Shanley
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
8th June 1993
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Sociology: family and relationships
Social and cultural history
306.81082
Physical Properties
Paperback
223
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
312g
Description
This book examines the ideas that inspired and informed their activities, the actual changes in the laws that their agitation produced, and the implications for political thought and feminists theory of their ideas and activities.
Reviews
"Elegantly and clearly written, and based on an impressive mastery of the sources, this book is a very valuable addition to nineteenth-century legal history and the growing corpus of scholarly feminist legal scholarship."--A. W. Brian Simpson, The American Journal of Legal History "Shanley's work is not only a fine feminist tract for our times but also a significant scholarly work."--Lee Holcombe, American Historical Review
Author Bio
Mary Lyndon Shanley is Margaret Stiles Halleck Professor of Social Science at Vassar College.
