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- catalog abstract "This book is the first real study of the social history and cultural significance of the sisterhoods which sprang up in Victorian Britain. It looks at those women who abandoned the domestic sphere to become the precursors of the modern social worker, while pushing back the boundaries of what women could do within the structures of the Anglican Church. Based upon years of research into the archives of twenty-eight religious communities, the book has a unique breadth of coverage which offers a more comprehensive and accurate picture of the movement than has previously been possible. Above all, it shows that the sisterhoods were not refuges for women who failed to find husbands, rather, they attracted women who were moulding careers. They became so successful in recruiting women and attracting publicity that, by the 1860s, they threatened to undermine the hegemony of the ideal of the domestic life as the proper sphere for women.".
- catalog contributor b10805780.
- catalog coverage "England Church history 19th century.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "Based upon years of research into the archives of twenty-eight religious communities, the book has a unique breadth of coverage which offers a more comprehensive and accurate picture of the movement than has previously been possible. Above all, it shows that the sisterhoods were not refuges for women who failed to find husbands, rather, they attracted women who were moulding careers. They became so successful in recruiting women and attracting publicity that, by the 1860s, they threatened to undermine the hegemony of the ideal of the domestic life as the proper sphere for women.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-299) and index.".
- catalog description "This book is the first real study of the social history and cultural significance of the sisterhoods which sprang up in Victorian Britain. It looks at those women who abandoned the domestic sphere to become the precursors of the modern social worker, while pushing back the boundaries of what women could do within the structures of the Anglican Church.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Overview. 1. 'Those Wicked Nuns': The Forgotten Story of the Sisterhood Movement -- pt. II. The Reality of Sisterhoods. 2. 'The Eager Life Here Just Suits Me': The Attractions of Convent Life for Victorian Women. 3. 'A Free Person in a Community of Equals': The Government and Daily Life of Sisterhoods. 4. 'We have Heads and Hands': Sisterhood Work among the Urban Working Class -- pt. III. Popular Perceptions of Sisterhoods. 5. 'They will not Obey': The Clerical Response to Sisterhoods. 6. 'A Bombshell to Public Opinion': Popular Perceptions of Sisterhoods in Victorian Britain. Conclusion: 'A Field Wider than Private Life': The Place of Anglican Sisterhoods in Victorian History -- App. 1. Anglican Sisterhoods Established 1845-1900.".
- catalog extent "xv, 304 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0718501519 (hardcover)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Leicester University Press,".
- catalog spatial "England Church history 19th century.".
- catalog subject "271/.983/0904209034 21".
- catalog subject "BX5185.A1 M86 1999".
- catalog subject "Church of England History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Monasticism and religious orders for women Anglican Communion History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Overview. 1. 'Those Wicked Nuns': The Forgotten Story of the Sisterhood Movement -- pt. II. The Reality of Sisterhoods. 2. 'The Eager Life Here Just Suits Me': The Attractions of Convent Life for Victorian Women. 3. 'A Free Person in a Community of Equals': The Government and Daily Life of Sisterhoods. 4. 'We have Heads and Hands': Sisterhood Work among the Urban Working Class -- pt. III. Popular Perceptions of Sisterhoods. 5. 'They will not Obey': The Clerical Response to Sisterhoods. 6. 'A Bombshell to Public Opinion': Popular Perceptions of Sisterhoods in Victorian Britain. Conclusion: 'A Field Wider than Private Life': The Place of Anglican Sisterhoods in Victorian History -- App. 1. Anglican Sisterhoods Established 1845-1900.".
- catalog title "Stolen daughters, virgin mothers : Anglican sisterhoods in Victorian Britain / Susan Mumm.".
- catalog type "Church history. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".