Radical Reformers and Respectable Rebels (eBook)

How the Two Lives of Grace Oakeshott Defined an Era

J. Robson (Autor)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XX, 233 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-31184-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The fin de siecle was a time of social and cultural upheaval, with many women living more adventurous and defiant lives than their mothers would ever have dreamed possible. This is the true story of an Englishwoman who staged her own death and re-invented herself in the far colony of New Zealand, in the early 1900s. Grace Oakeshott's life is revealed through the reform movements of the period, including education for girls, ethical socialism, Victorian evangelicalism, and the changing nature of marriage. As a social activist, Grace rubbed shoulders with many notable figures, including William Morris, H. G. Wells, and Sydney and Beatrice Webb. Jocelyn Robson uses a rich collection of historical sources, including contemporary fiction and social commentary, archive documents and interviews with surviving family members. Through the lives of Grace and those close to her we discover what drove people to act in extraordinary (as well as ordinary) ways.

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In 1907, Grace Oakeshott faked her own death by drowning. Aged 35, she left a marriage and a successful professional life in England and fled with her lover, Walter Reeve, to New Zealand. What prompted her to do so? Jocelyn Robson traces her life story through social, political and religious reform movements of the fin de siecle period.

Autor

Jocelyn Robson has worked as a researcher and teacher in further and higher education and has special interests in women's history and vocational training. Raised in New Zealand and living in London, she is now a fulltime writer.

Inhalt

IntroductionProloguePART I1. Radicals in Suburbia2. Learning Curves3. Finding Their Own Way4. 'Another Word for Suicide'5. 'Fellowship is Heaven'PART II6. Answering the Call7. 'Not Much Home About It'8. Behind Closed Doors9. Girls in Trades10. Medical MenPART III11. A Place to Begin Again12. 'Ignoble Motives'13. The Politics of Knitting14. Landfall15. After Lives

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.6.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XX, 233 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Feminism • First World War • History • marriage • Reform • transnational history • Utopianism • Women • Women's history
• ISBN-10: 1-137-31184-3 / 1137311843
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-31184-9 / 9781137311849