Women and Work

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"Women and Work" is a pioneering 19th-century feminist text by Barbara Bodichon that argues for women's economic independence and expanded employment opportunities.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
feminist text ⓘ
addresses division between men's work and women's domestic roles ⓘ
economic dependence of women on men ⓘ
advocates expanded employment opportunities for women ⓘ
reform of laws restricting married women's property and earnings ⓘ
aimsTo demonstrate the injustice of excluding women from paid employment ⓘ
promote legal and social reforms for working women ⓘ
associatedWith British feminist history ⓘ
women's labour history ⓘ
author Barbara Bodichon ⓘ
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon ⓘ
linked to: Barbara Bodichon
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes legal and social barriers to women's paid work ⓘ
genre feminist literature ⓘ
social reform literature ⓘ
historicalContext Victorian era Britain ⓘ
linked to: Victorian era
influenced later feminist arguments for women's economic rights ⓘ
influencedBy British women's rights campaigns ⓘ
Victorian feminist movement ⓘ
mainTheme gender equality ⓘ
legal and economic status of women ⓘ
women's economic independence ⓘ
women's employment ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ
movement first-wave feminism ⓘ
notableFor early systematic argument for women's right to work ⓘ
pioneering analysis of women's economic position in society ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationCentury 19th century ⓘ

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Barbara Bodichon → notableWork → Women and Work ⓘ
Barbara Leigh Smith → notableWork → Women and Work ⓘ