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Martha Vicinus

Independent Women

Work and Community for Single Women, 1850-1920

412 pages, 27 halftones  6 x 9  © 1985
Series: Women in Culture and Society Series

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
Subjects



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