In Search of the New Woman : Middle-Class Women and Work in Britain 1870-1914 (Hardcover)

1. 'A sort of bogey whom no-one has ever seen'? The nature of the search; 2. 'All that she sees before her … is teaching': formal schooling and its opportunities; 3. 'The exercise of what may be termed her maternal faculties': public service and 'caring' occupations; 4. 'Impossible for a lady to remain a lady': art, literature and the theatre; 5. 'The real social divide existed between those who … dirtied hands and face and those who did not': women white collar workers (I); 6. 'A beggarly makeshift, but for me it was wealth beyond price': women white collar workers (II); 7. Ladies and women; 8. Some conclusions: degrees of freedom; Sources and select bibliography.