The Changing Role of Women, 1815-1914

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This title provides a clear and coherent overview of women's lives during a period of great economic, social and political change. Incorporating much recent research, the book examines the major themes of marriage, home and family, education and working conditions. Also analysed are the contentious issues of sex and morality - the attempts to regulate and prevent prostitution as well as the encouragement of the moral purity of women within society.