Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer
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Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) is the most important nineteenth-century British writer and activist not heretofore treated in a full-length biography. An independent professional woman, she worked to improve conditions for delinquent girls and for the sick poor, promoted university degrees for women, roused support for the Union during the American Civil War, advocated for victims of marital violence, campaigned for women's suffrage, and engaged...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813922712
ISBN13:9780813922713
Release Date:May 2004
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.86 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.5" x 9.5"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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Arts & Literature Authors Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Criticism & Theory Ethnic & National Europe Feminist Theory Historical History & Criticism Irish Journalists Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods Professionals & Academics Social Science Social Sciences Specific Groups Victorian Wales Women Women's StudiesCustomer Reviews
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