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Women and Welfare

Ten Victorian Women in Public Social Service

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  • © 1989

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  1. Julia Parker

    1. University of Oxford, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Julia Parker
      Pages 1-7

  3. Women’s Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Employment and Charity

      • Julia Parker
      Pages 11-30

    3. The Nature of Social Service

      • Julia Parker
      Pages 31-40

  4. The Genesis of Social Service

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-42
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    2. Family and Social Background

      • Julia Parker
      Pages 43-64

    3. Family Relationships

      • Julia Parker
      Pages 65-93

    4. A Woman’s Place

      • Julia Parker
      Pages 94-117

    5. Religious Experience

      • Julia Parker
      Pages 118-144

    6. Social Problems and their Remedies

      • Julia Parker
      Pages 145-182

    7. Conclusions

      • Julia Parker
      Pages 183-196

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 197-220
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About this book

The aim of this study is to explain why some middle-class Victorian women took up various kinds of public social service, as social workers, researchers or reformers. The conventions of the time made it difficult for women to move out of family into public life and the nature of the work they chose demanded great physical and mental courage and endurance. The author examines the family and social background and the individual character of ten famous nineteenth-century women to try to identify the social circumstances and personal qualities that encouraged their social service activities and relates her findings to the problems faced by women of the present who endeavour to combine family responsibilities and outside employment.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Oxford, UK

    Julia Parker

About the author

JULIA PARKER is a Lecturer in Social Administration at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Portrait of Social Work (with Barbara Rodgers), Local Health and Welfare Services and Social Policy and Citizenship.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Women and Welfare

  • Book Subtitle: Ten Victorian Women in Public Social Service

  • Authors: Julia Parker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19817-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Julia Parker 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-46386-4Published: 15 March 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-46387-1Published: 15 March 1989

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19817-7Published: 15 March 1989

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 220

  • Topics: Modern History

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