Emigrant Gentlewomen

Emigrant Gentlewomen
Author: A. James Hammerton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317246128

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.

British Female Emigration Societies and the New World, 1860-1914

British Female Emigration Societies and the New World, 1860-1914
Author: Marie Ruiz
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2017-07-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 3319501798

This book focuses on the departure of Britain’s 'surplus' women to Australia and New Zealand organised by Victorian British female emigration societies. Starting with an analysis of the surplus of women question, it then explores the philanthropic nature of the organisations (the Female Middle Class Emigration Society, the Women’s Emigration Society, the British Women’s Emigration Association, and the Church Emigration Society). The study of the strict selection of distressed gentlewomen emigrants is followed by an analysis of their marketing value, and an appraisal of women’s imperialism. Finally, this work shows that the female emigrants under study partook in the consolidation of the colonial middle-class.

In Search of the New Woman

In Search of the New Woman
Author: Gillian Sutherland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2015-02-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107092795

A study of the 'New Woman' phenomenon, examining whether British women really achieved the economic independence to challenge social conventions.

Emigrant Gentlewomen

Emigrant Gentlewomen
Author: Anthony James Hammerton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1979
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9780708113578

The Real Matilda

The Real Matilda
Author: Miriam Dixson
Publisher: UNSW Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1999
Genre: Women
ISBN: 9780868407371

The Real Matilda book investigates the Australian experience of women in colonial times, and asks how far Australians have moved beyond formative influences - elites, convicts, the Irish - which have led to discriminatory attitudes towards women.

Emigrant Gentlewomen

Emigrant Gentlewomen
Author: A. James Hammerton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 131724611X

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.

International Migrations in the Victorian Era

International Migrations in the Victorian Era
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 583
Release: 2018-05-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004366393

On account of its remarkable reach as well as its variety of schemes and features, migration in the Victorian era is a paramount chapter of the history of worldwide migrations and diasporas. Indeed, Victorian Britain was both a land of emigration and immigration. International Migrations in the Victorian Era covers a wide range of case studies to unveil the complexity of transnational circulations and connections in the 19th century. Combining micro- and macro-studies, this volume looks into the history of the British Empire, 19th century international migration networks, as well as the causes and consequences of Victorian migrations and how technological, social, political, and cultural transformations, mainly initiated by the Industrial Revolution, considerably impacted on people’s movements. It presents a history of migration grounded on people, structural forces and migration processes that bound societies together. Rather than focussing on distinct territorial units, International Migrations in the Victorian Era balances different scales of analysis: individual, local, regional, national and transnational. Contributors are: Rebecca Bates, Sally Brooke Cameron, Milosz K. Cybowski, Nicole Davis, Anne-Catherine De Bouvier, Claire Deligny, Elizabeth Dillenburg, Nicolas Garnier, Trevor Harris, Kathrin Levitan, Véronique Molinari, Ipshita Nath, Jude Piesse, Daniel Renshaw, Eric Richards, Sue Silberberg, Ben Szreter, Géraldine Vaughan, Briony Wickes, Rhiannon Heledd Williams.