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Aristocratic Social Life
aristocratic women's political participation
Author_Judith Lewis S
Author_Judith S. Lewis
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British aristocracy influence
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Devonshire House
economy
eighteenth century politics
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Female Canvassers
Female Patriotism
Fox's Opponent
gendered political agency
George III
Great Divide
Great Hostesses
holland
Holland House
house
irish
Irish Boroughs
James Street
Lady Bessborough
Lady Cave
Lady Chandos
Lady Elizabeth Foster
Lady Glencora Palliser
Lady Holland
Lady Melbourne
Late Georgian Britain
Lord John Cavendish
manuscript archives research
Political Hostesses
social networks history
Unreformed House
women
women in electoral reform
Women's Political Power
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415944120
- Weight: 850g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 19 Jun 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Missing from much of the scholarship on 18th century British politics is recognition of the extensive participation of aristocratic women. Fortunately, as a literate and self-conscious group, these women created and preserved vast manuscript collections now available to historians. In Sacred to Female Patriotism, Judith S. Lewis taps into these sources to demonstrate how the social and political worlds of Georgian Britain interacted to give women an influential voice in politics that was previously unimagined. The result is a lively, powerful, and important story that challenges many of our comfortable stereotypes of the past while providing us with a better understanding of 18th century electoral politics in general.
Judith Lewis is an Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies at the University of Oklahoma.
