Independent Women
Work and Community for Single Women, 1850-1920
Paper $28.00
ISBN: 9780226855684
Published November 1992
Not for sale in the European Economic Community countries or the British Commonwealth except Canada
Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Revolt against Redundancy 2. Church Communities: Sisterhoods and Deaconesses' Houses 3. Reformed Hospital Nursing: Discipline and Cleanliness 4. Women's Colleges: An Independent Intellectual Life 5. The Reformed Boarding Schools: Personal Life and Public Duty 6. Settlement Houses: A Community Ideal for the Poor 7. Male Space and Women's Bodies: The Suffragette Movement Conclusion Appendix A: Gross Population Figures Appendix B: Model Housing and Clubs for Women Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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