Women Power And Consciousness In 19th Century Ireland

Author : Mary Cullen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women, Power, and Consciousness in 19th-century Ireland written by Mary Cullen and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in a comprehensive and accessible manner, this work examines how these women radically altered the public perception of women's role on society. Their achievements included persuading Trinity College, Dublin to admit women to the exam system, the establishment of the Ladies' Land League, the foundation of the outdoor system of child rearing as well as the setting up of a network of city poor schools. They were also responsible for initiating changes in the legislation under which Irish women were subject to the authority of their husbands for exposing problems like wife abuse, and for abolishing the degrading practices associated with female emigrant trade towards the end of the nineteenth century.

Author : Margaret Kelleher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender Perspectives in Nineteenth-century Ireland written by Margaret Kelleher and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central to literary, social and political writings of nineteenth-century Ireland are arguments regarding men and women's proper spheres. This pioneering volume examines the significance of gender in shaping public and private life during a century of complex and changing power relations. The interdisciplinary character of the collection ensures a rich variety of perspectives.

Author : Seamus Deane
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814799079
Total Pages : 1756 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing written by Seamus Deane and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 1756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Senia Pašeta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107047749
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Nationalist Women, 1900-1918 written by Senia Pašeta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new history of the experiences and activities of Irish nationalist women in the early twentieth century.

Author : Elizabeth Crawford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136010548
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland written by Elizabeth Crawford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive study, Elizabeth Crawford provides the first survey of women’s suffrage campaigns across the British Isles and Ireland, focusing on local campaigns and activists. Divided into thirteen sections covering the regions of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, this book gives a unique geographical dimension to debates on the suffrage campaign of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Through a study of the grass-roots activists involved in the movement, Crawford provides a counter to studies that have focused on the politics and personalities that dominated at a national level, and reveals that, far from providing merely passive backing to the cause, women in the regions were engaged in the movement as active participants Including a thorough inventory of archival sources and extensive bibliographical and biographical references for each region, including the addresses of campaigners, this guide is essential for researchers, scholars, local historians and students alike.

Author : Rosemary Cullen Owens
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0717164551
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Social History of Women in Ireland, 1870–1970 written by Rosemary Cullen Owens and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Social History of Women in Ireland is an important and overdue book that explores the role and status of women in Ireland from 1870 until 1970, looking at politics, sociology, marriage patterns, religion, education and work among other topics. It provides a vital missing piece in the jigsaw of modern Irish history. Using a combination of primary research and published works, A Social History of Women in Ireland explores the role and status of women in Ireland. It examines lifestyle options available to women during this period as well as providing an overview of the forces working for change within Irish society. In bringing together a wide-ranging portfolio of material, A Social History of Women in Ireland 1870–1970 fills an important gap in the literature of the period by focusing on the experiences of Irish women, a group so often overlooked in histories of revolutionary men and prominent politicians. Crucial to a determination of the status of women throughout this period is an examination of the choices available regarding work, marriage and emigration. Rosemary Cullen Owens stresses at all times the importance of class and land ownership as key determinants for women's lives. A decrease in home industries allied to increasing mechanisation on the farm resulted in a contraction of labour opportunities for rural women. With the establishment of an independent farming class, the distinguishing criteria for status in rural Ireland became ownership of land, in which single-minded patriarchal figures dominated. In this context, the position of women declined, and a society evolved with a high pattern of late-age marriages, large numbers of unwed sons and daughters, and an accepted pattern of emigration. In the cities and towns, the condition of lower-working-class women was especially distressing for most of the period, with particular problems regarding housing, health and sanitation. Through the work of campaigning activists, equal educational and political rights were eventually attained. From the early 1900s there was some expansion in female employment in shops, offices and industry, but domestic service remained a high source of employment. For middle-class women, employment opportunities were limited and usually disappeared on marriage. The civil service — a major employer in an economy that was generally un-dynamic and stagnant — operated a bar on married women for much of the period. Rosemary Cullen Owens not merely traces these injustices but also the campaigns fought to right them. She locates these struggles in the wider social context in which they took place. This important book restores balance to the narrative of modern Irish history, changing the focus from key male political figures to society at large by unveiling the often forgotten story of the country's women over a tumultuous century of change. In doing so, Rosemary Cullen Owens enriches our understanding of Irish history from 1870 to 1970. A Social History of Women in Ireland: Table of Contents Introduction Part 1. Irishwomen in the Nineteenth Century - 'A progressively widening set of objectives'—The Early Women's Movement - Developments in Female Education - Faith and Philanthropy—Women and Religion Part 2. A New Century—Action and Reaction - Radical Suffrage Campaign - Feminism and Nationalism - Pacifism, Militarism and Republicanism Part 3. Marriage, Motherhood and Work - The Social and Economic Role of Women in Post-Famine Ireland - Trade Unions and Irish Women - Women and Work Part 4. Women in the New Irish State - The Quest for Equal Citizenship 1922–1938 - The Politicisation of Women Mid-Twentieth Century Epilogue: A Woman's World?

Author : Maria Luddy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521483612
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland written by Maria Luddy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-05-04 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the involvement of women in charity work in nineteenth-century Ireland. The author claims that sectarianism dominated women's philanthropic activity, and analyzes the work of women in areas of moral reform, such as prostitution and prison work. The book concludes that the most progressive developments in the care of the poor were brought about by nonconformist women who were later to become pioneers in the cause of suffrage.

Author : Mary Hatfield
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192581457
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Up in Nineteenth-Century Ireland written by Mary Hatfield and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we send children to school? Who should take responsibility for children's health and education? Should girls and boys be educated separately or together? These questions provoke much contemporary debate, but also have a longer, often-overlooked history. Mary Hatfield explores these questions and more in this comprehensive cultural history of childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland. Many modern ideas about Irish childhood have their roots in the first three-quarters of the nineteenth century, when an emerging middle-class took a disproportionate role in shaping the definition of a 'good' childhood. This study deconstructs several key changes in medical care, educational provision, and ideals of parental care. It takes an innovative holistic approach to the middle-class child's social world, by synthesising a broad base of documentary, visual, and material sources, including clothes, books, medical treatises, religious tracts, photographs, illustrations, and autobiographies. It offers invaluable new insights into Irish boarding schools, the material culture of childhood, and the experience of boys and girls in education.

Author : Carmen M. Mangion
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526135280
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contested identities written by Carmen M. Mangion and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English Roman Catholic women’s congregations are an enigma of nineteenth-century social history. Over ten thousand nuns and sisters, establishing and managing significant Catholic educational, health care and social welfare institutions in England and Wales, have virtually disappeared from history. Despite their exclusion from historical texts, these women featured prominently in the public and private sphere. Intertwining the complexities of class with the notion of ethnicity, Contested identities examines the relationship between English and Irish-born sisters. This study is relevant not only to understanding women religious and Catholicism in nineteenth-century England and Wales, but also to our understanding of the role of women in the public and private sphere, dealing with issues still resonant today. Contributing to the larger story of the agency of nineteenth-century women and the broader transformation of English society, this book will appeal to scholars and students of social, cultural, gender and religious history.

Author : Louise Ryan
Publisher : Irish Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1788550153
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irish Women and the Vote written by Louise Ryan and published by Irish Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark book, reissued with a new foreword to mark the centenary of Irish women being granted the right to vote, is the first comprehensive analysis of the Irish suffrage movement from its mid-nineteenth-century beginnings to when feminist militancy exploded on the streets of Dublin and Belfast in the early twentieth century. Younger, more militant suffragists took their cue from their British counterparts, two of whom travelled to Ireland to throw a hatchet into the carriage of Prime Minister Herbert Asquith on O’Connell Bridge in 1912 (missing him but grazing Home Rule leader John Redmond, who was in the same carriage; both politicians opposed giving women the Vote). Despite such dramatic publicity, and other non-violent campaigning, women’s suffrage was a minority interest in an Ireland more concerned with the issue of gaining independence from Britain. The particular complexity of the Irish struggle is explored with new perspectives on unionist and nationalist suffragists and the conflict between Home Rule and suffragism, campaigning for the vote in country towns, life in industrial Belfast, conflicting feminist views on the First World War, and the suffragist uncovering of sexual abuse and domestic violence, as well as the pioneering use of hunger strike as a political tool. The ultimate granting of the franchise in 1918 represented the end of a long-fought battle by Irish women for the right to equal citizenship, and the beginning of a new Ireland that continues to debate the rights and equality of its female citizens.