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The Resource Buildings for bluestockings : the architecture and social history of women's colleges in late Victorian England, by Margaret Birney Vickery
Buildings for bluestockings : the architecture and social history of women's colleges in late Victorian England, by Margaret Birney Vickery
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- Summary
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- "Vickery's book, which includes floor plans and eight pages in color, examines the intimate relationship between a Victorian institution intended solely for women and the architectural theories of the period. In doing so, she sheds light on the role of the founders, such as Emily Davies at Girton, their goals for their colleges and the pressure which a reluctant and skeptical society placed upon them. Reformers in women's education were sometimes radical feminists, but more often the women and men who were involved were modest in their approach, arguing for little change in the status of women and veiling their ambitions for women's progress under a restrained and traditional rhetoric
- This conservative approach conditioned the built environment of the colleges and is an important aspect of nineteenth-century British feminism." "Central to this book is the connection between the attitudes of Victorian society towards the higher education of women and the built environment. Feminist architectural historians and anthropologists are just beginning to explore these connections, and Vickery's book, with its focus on a gender-specific building type, offers insight into the ways in which the values of a society are encoded into the environment in which we live and work. It is therefore of interest not only to architectural historians, but to feminists, social historians, and anyone interested in the history of the collegiate environment."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 200 p.
- Contents
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- The "little band of pioneers" : Girton Colege
- On different terms : Newnham College
- Following the precedent : Lady Margaret Hall, Somerville, and Westfield Colleges
- A palatial residence : Royal Holloway College
- Society's reaction to the women's colleges : their architectural influence
- Isbn
- 9780874136975
- Label
- Buildings for bluestockings : the architecture and social history of women's colleges in late Victorian England
- Title
- Buildings for bluestockings
- Title remainder
- the architecture and social history of women's colleges in late Victorian England
- Statement of responsibility
- by Margaret Birney Vickery
- Subject
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- Architecture -- Angleterre -- 19e siècle
- Architecture -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Architecture victorienne - Angleterre
- Architecture victorienne -- Angleterre
- Architecture, Victorian -- England
- Architektur
- Architektur
- Collegestudentin
- Collegestudentin
- Collèges féminins - Angleterre - Constructions
- Collèges féminins - Aspect social - Angleterre - Histoire - 19e siècle
- Collèges féminins -- Angleterre -- Constructions
- Architecture - Angleterre - 19e siècle
- England
- England -- Hochschulbau -- Geschichte 1870-1910
- Frauencollege
- Frauencollege
- Geschichte 1848-1914
- Geschichte 1848-1914.
- Geschichte 1870-1910.
- Großbritannien
- Großbritannien
- Hochschulbau
- Women's colleges -- England -- Buildings
- Women's colleges -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Collèges féminins -- Aspect social -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "Vickery's book, which includes floor plans and eight pages in color, examines the intimate relationship between a Victorian institution intended solely for women and the architectural theories of the period. In doing so, she sheds light on the role of the founders, such as Emily Davies at Girton, their goals for their colleges and the pressure which a reluctant and skeptical society placed upon them. Reformers in women's education were sometimes radical feminists, but more often the women and men who were involved were modest in their approach, arguing for little change in the status of women and veiling their ambitions for women's progress under a restrained and traditional rhetoric
- This conservative approach conditioned the built environment of the colleges and is an important aspect of nineteenth-century British feminism." "Central to this book is the connection between the attitudes of Victorian society towards the higher education of women and the built environment. Feminist architectural historians and anthropologists are just beginning to explore these connections, and Vickery's book, with its focus on a gender-specific building type, offers insight into the ways in which the values of a society are encoded into the environment in which we live and work. It is therefore of interest not only to architectural historians, but to feminists, social historians, and anyone interested in the history of the collegiate environment."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vickery, Margaret Birney
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NA6605.G7
- LC item number
- V53 1999
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women's colleges
- Architecture, Victorian
- Architecture
- Women's colleges
- Collèges féminins
- Architecture victorienne
- Architecture
- Collèges féminins
- Frauencollege
- Architektur
- Geschichte 1848-1914
- Collegestudentin
- Architecture - Angleterre - 19e siècle
- Architecture victorienne - Angleterre
- Collèges féminins - Angleterre - Constructions
- Collèges féminins - Aspect social - Angleterre - Histoire - 19e siècle
- Architektur
- Collegestudentin
- Frauencollege
- Hochschulbau
- Großbritannien
- England
- England
- Großbritannien
- Label
- Buildings for bluestockings : the architecture and social history of women's colleges in late Victorian England, by Margaret Birney Vickery
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and index
- Contents
- The "little band of pioneers" : Girton Colege -- On different terms : Newnham College -- Following the precedent : Lady Margaret Hall, Somerville, and Westfield Colleges -- A palatial residence : Royal Holloway College -- Society's reaction to the women's colleges : their architectural influence
- Dimensions
- 27 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 200 p.
- Isbn
- 9780874136975
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99047386
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)42475583
- (OCoLC)ocm42475583
- Label
- Buildings for bluestockings : the architecture and social history of women's colleges in late Victorian England, by Margaret Birney Vickery
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-192) and index
- Contents
- The "little band of pioneers" : Girton Colege -- On different terms : Newnham College -- Following the precedent : Lady Margaret Hall, Somerville, and Westfield Colleges -- A palatial residence : Royal Holloway College -- Society's reaction to the women's colleges : their architectural influence
- Dimensions
- 27 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 200 p.
- Isbn
- 9780874136975
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99047386
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)42475583
- (OCoLC)ocm42475583
Subject
- Architecture -- Angleterre -- 19e siècle
- Architecture -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Architecture victorienne - Angleterre
- Architecture victorienne -- Angleterre
- Architecture, Victorian -- England
- Architektur
- Architektur
- Collegestudentin
- Collegestudentin
- Collèges féminins - Angleterre - Constructions
- Collèges féminins - Aspect social - Angleterre - Histoire - 19e siècle
- Collèges féminins -- Angleterre -- Constructions
- Architecture - Angleterre - 19e siècle
- England
- England -- Hochschulbau -- Geschichte 1870-1910
- Frauencollege
- Frauencollege
- Geschichte 1848-1914
- Geschichte 1848-1914.
- Geschichte 1870-1910.
- Großbritannien
- Großbritannien
- Hochschulbau
- Women's colleges -- England -- Buildings
- Women's colleges -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Collèges féminins -- Aspect social -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
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