Description: First published in 1979. This book examines the distressed gentlewoman stereotype, primarily through a study of the experience of emigration among single middle-class women between 1830 and 1914. Based largely on a study of government and philanthropic emigration projects, it argues that the image of the downtrodden resident governess does inadequate justice to Victorian middle-class women's responses to the experience of economic and social decline and to insufficient female employment opportunities. This title will be of interest to students of history.
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Publication Year: 1830
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: Emigrant Gentlewomen
Author: A. James Hammerton
Publisher: croom helm
Genre: History, Sociology
Topic: Cultural History, Economic History, Gender Studies, Social History, Social Issues, Women's Studies
