The Gentleman's Daughter; Women`s Lives in Georgian England

by Amanda Vickery

• ISBN13: 9780300102222
• ISBN10: 0300102224
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-08-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

What was the life of an eighteenth-century British genteel woman like? This lively book, based on letters, diaries, and account books of over one hundred middle class women, transforms our understanding of the position of women in Georgian England."(Vickery) has found a gold mine in the realm of women's history: letters and pocket-book diaries kept by the daughters, wives, and mothers of gentlemen of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, allowing us to hear their voices as they experience courtship, marriage, motherhood, and widowing, and to enjoy direct accounts of their domestic and social preoccupations.... Vickery's book is full of fine details and discoveries." -- Claire Tomalin, Times Literary Supplement

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Note on the Text
Map
Introduction	p. 1
Gentility	p. 13
Love and Duty	p. 39
Fortitude and Resignation	p. 87
Prudent Economy	p. 127
Elegance	p. 161
Civility and Vulgarity	p. 195
Propriety	p. 225
Conclusion	p. 285
Abbreviations	p. 295
Notes to the Text	p. 296
Research Design and Sources	p. 352
Biographical Index	p. 354
Members of the Parker Family	p. 383
The Social Networks Database	p. 385
Elizabeth Shackleton's Servant Information Network, 1770-1781	p. 387
Purchasers of Parker Rabies Medicine, 1767-1777	p. 390
Tables	p. 394
Select Bibliography	p. 397
List of Plates and Acknowledgements	p. 415
Index	p. 418
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