Gender, Religion, and Radicalism in the Long Eighteenth Century: The 'Ingenious Quaker' and Her ConnectionsThrough analysis of the life and writings of eighteenth-century Quaker artist and author Mary Knowles, Judith Jennings uncovers concrete but complex examples of how gender functioned in family, social, and public contexts during the Georgian Age. Knowles's story, including her bold confrontation of Samuel Johnson and public dispute with James Boswell, serves as a lens through which to view larger connections, such as the social transformation of English Quakers, changing concepts of gender and the transmission of radical political ideology during the era of the American and French revolutions. Further, Jennings offers a more nuanced view of the participation of "middling" women in radical politics through an examination of Knowles's theological beliefs, social networks and political opinions at a time when the American and French Revolutions reshaped political ideology. By analyzing Mary Knowles's connections-both male and female-Jennings contributes new understanding about how sociability operated, encompassing women and men of various faiths and ethnic origins. |
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... women and men, the possibilities of female authorship and political participation, and the diversity of active social networks. It is important to ask how Knowles viewed marriage, motherhood, and domesticity, for example. Yet it is ...
... women and men, the possibilities of female authorship and political participation, and the diversity of active social networks. It is important to ask how Knowles viewed marriage, motherhood, and domesticity, for example. Yet it is ...
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... women ministers , there is a dearth of information concerning eighteenth - century British Quakers , male and female . Quakers of the Georgian Age are often eclipsed by the fervor of the founding Friends and the good works of the ...
... women ministers , there is a dearth of information concerning eighteenth - century British Quakers , male and female . Quakers of the Georgian Age are often eclipsed by the fervor of the founding Friends and the good works of the ...
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... women could not vote or hold office, records and concepts concerning female political participation are sometimes scarce and hard to find. Historian Amanda Vickery argued for extending to women fellow historian John Brewer's definition ...
... women could not vote or hold office, records and concepts concerning female political participation are sometimes scarce and hard to find. Historian Amanda Vickery argued for extending to women fellow historian John Brewer's definition ...
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... women and men. The baseline narrative provides concrete examples marking the intersections of gender, religion, and radicalism. Her life is reconstructed in these pages as completely as possible, not only because she achieved fame and ...
... women and men. The baseline narrative provides concrete examples marking the intersections of gender, religion, and radicalism. Her life is reconstructed in these pages as completely as possible, not only because she achieved fame and ...
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... Women's Self-Representation in the Public Sphere (Manchester, 1998). 3 See for example, Robert B. Shoemaker, Gender ... Women, Writing and the Public Sphere (Cambridge, 2001). 4 Rebecca Larson, Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching ...
... Women's Self-Representation in the Public Sphere (Manchester, 1998). 3 See for example, Robert B. Shoemaker, Gender ... Women, Writing and the Public Sphere (Cambridge, 2001). 4 Rebecca Larson, Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching ...
Contents
Matrimony Monarchy and Fame | |
Confronting Samuel Johnson | |
Revolutionary Politics and Literary Skirmishes | |
Defying James Boswell | |
The French Revolution and a New Note | |
Help Me To Pray | |
Conclusion | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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