Political Worlds of Women

Sarah Richardson is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Warwick.

• Introduction: The Political Worlds of Women in Nineteenth-Century Britain Part I: The Home 1. Politics at Home 2. Useful Soup for Benevolent Purposes: The Politics of Domestic Economy Part II: Community and Neighbourhood 3. Philanthropic Economy: Radicalism, Women, and Charity 4. Women and the Politics of the Parish Part III: The National Stage 5. Female Petitioning: The Multiform Warfare of Political Life 6. From the Ventilator to the Ladies’ Cage: Women and the Houses of Parliament Part IV: International Politics 7. Encounters with Imperial and International Affairs 8. British Women and the Rosewater Revolution. Conclusion: Spheres and Spaces; Borders and Frontiers.

"This book sets out to challenge analyses of the 19th-century politics that are based on narrow definitions of the subject and therefore marginalise the role of women. Drawing on a broader definition of political culture, Sarah Richardson illustrates a rich diversity of activism, especially that based on writing in various forms... I hope that Richardson's stimulating book marks an important turning point: the end of accounts of half of the population masquerading as history, rather than as men's history." - Susan Hogan, Times Higher Education"This is a refreshing analysis of women's political participation in various private and public networks in Victorian Britain...The book is valuable to all readers, providing an alternative approach to women and politics in Victorian Britain. It highlights a permeable environment in which women were operating both alongside male relatives and in their own right. Summing Up: Highly recommended." - M. A. Riebe, University of Missouri-Kansas City, CHOICE