Radical Reformers and Respectable Rebels
How the Two Lives of Grace Oakeshott Defined an Era
(Sprache: Englisch)
The fin de siècle was a time of social and cultural upheaval, with many women living more adventurous and defiant lives than their mothers would ever have dreamed possible. This is the true story of an Englishwoman who staged her own death and re-invented...
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The fin de siècle was a time of social and cultural upheaval, with many women living more adventurous and defiant lives than their mothers would ever have dreamed possible. This is the true story of an Englishwoman who staged her own death and re-invented herself in the far colony of New Zealand, in the early 1900s. Grace Oakeshott's life is revealed through the reform movements of the period, including education for girls, ethical socialism, Victorian evangelicalism, and the changing nature of marriage. As a social activist, Grace rubbed shoulders with many notable figures, including William Morris, H. G. Wells, and Sydney and Beatrice Webb. Jocelyn Robson uses a rich collection of historical sources, including contemporary fiction and social commentary, archive documents and interviews with surviving family members. Through the lives of Grace and those close to her we discover what drove people to act in extraordinary (as well as ordinary) ways.
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IntroductionPrologue
PART I
1. Radicals in Suburbia
2. Learning Curves
3. Finding Their Own Way
4. 'Another Word for Suicide'
5. 'Fellowship is Heaven'
PART II
6. Answering the Call
7. 'Not Much Home About It'
8. Behind Closed Doors
9. Girls in Trades
10. Medical Men
PART III
11. A Place to Begin Again
12. 'Ignoble Motives'
13. The Politics of Knitting
14. Landfall
15. After Lives
Autoren-Porträt von J. Robson
Jocelyn Robson has worked as a researcher and teacher in further and higher education and has special interests in women's history and vocational training. Raised in New Zealand and living in London, she is now a fulltime writer.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: J. Robson
- 2016, 1st ed. 2016, XX, 233 Seiten, Maße: 16,3 x 24 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN-10: 1137311835
- ISBN-13: 9781137311832
Sprache:
Englisch
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"This lucidly-written book ostensibly concerns, and resolves, the mystery of Grace Oakeshott's faked suicide in 1907 when she appeared to have drowned off the coast of Brittany. ... The author has written a readable and informative book which will appeal to those interested in local and social history as well as in, this often intriguing, biography." (Brian Lancaster, CHNSS Bulletin, Vol. 157, September, 2016)Kommentar zu "Radical Reformers and Respectable Rebels"
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