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'''The Woman Question''' is a phrase usually used in connection with a social change in the later half of the nineteenth century which questioned the fundamental roles of women in countries such as the [[United Kingdom]], the [[United States of America]], and [[Russia]]. Issues of [[women's suffrage]], [[reproductive rights]], bodily autonomy, property rights, legal rights, and medical rights, and marriage, dominated cultural discussions in newspapers and intellectual circles. While many women were supportive of these changing roles, they did not agree unanimously. Often issues of marriage and [[sexual freedom]] were most divisive. |
'''The Woman Question''' is a phrase usually used in connection with a social change in the later half of the nineteenth century which questioned the fundamental roles of women in countries such as the [[United Kingdom]], the [[United States of America]], and [[Russia]]. Issues of [[women's suffrage]], [[reproductive rights]], bodily autonomy, property rights, legal rights, and medical rights, and marriage, dominated cultural discussions in newspapers and intellectual circles. While many women were supportive of these changing roles, they did not agree unanimously. Often issues of marriage and [[sexual freedom]] were most divisive. |
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The Woman Question is a phrase usually used in connection with a social change in the later half of the nineteenth century which questioned the fundamental roles of women in countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Russia. Issues of women's suffrage, reproductive rights, bodily autonomy, property rights, legal rights, and medical rights, and marriage, dominated cultural discussions in newspapers and intellectual circles. While many women were supportive of these changing roles, they did not agree unanimously. Often issues of marriage and sexual freedom were most divisive.
History
The term is first used in France: the "Querelle des femmes". From 1450 into the years that witnessed the beginning of the Reformation, the institution of marriage had fallen into question. This began a long literary quarrel.[1]
The term is used in England in the Victorian era, stimulated for example by the Reform Act 1832 and the Reform Act 1867. The Industrial Revolution brought hundreds of thousands of lower-class women into factory jobs, presenting a challenge to traditional ideas of a woman's place.[2]
A prime issue of contention was whether what was referred to as women's "private virtue" could be transported into the public arena; opponents of women's suffrage claimed that bringing women into public would dethrone them, and sully their feminine virtue.[3]
Areas of discussion
The woman question was raised in many different social areas. In religion, for instance, the United States saw extensive discussion in the second half of the nineteenth century on the participation of women in church. In the Methodist Episcopal Church, the woman question was the most pressing issue in the 1896 conference.[4]
Literature
Literature pertaining to the "woman question" includes:
- Helsinger, Elizabeth K. (1983). The woman question: society and literature in Britain and America, 1837-1883, Volume 1. Manchester University Press ND. ISBN 9780719009860.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Crosby, Christina (1991). The ends of history: Victorians and "the woman question". Routledge. ISBN 9780415009362.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Smith, Thomas Robert (1919). The woman question. Boni and Liveright.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Evans, Mary (1994). The woman question. Sage Publications. ISBN 9780803987470.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - Sarah Stickney Ellis: "The Women of England: Their Social Duties and Domestic Habits"
See also
References
- ^ The Portable Rabelais, p. 370. ed. Samuel Putnam, 1964.
- ^ www.wwnorton.com/nael/victorian/topic_2/welcome.htm
- ^ Parkman, Francis (January 1880). "The Woman Question Again". North American Review. 130 (278): 16–31. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) p. 17. - ^ "War on the Woman Question: It Will Be the Leading One Before the Methodist Episcopal Conference" (PDF). The New York Times. 1896-05-01. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
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