Women in public : between banners and ballots, 1825-1880
"Ryan's elegant essays sketch a chronology of changing gender symbology and contribute to our understanding of the cultural construction of boundaries between public and private. Historians and feminists will pursue for some time her questions about the process and consequences of excluding women from the public arena and their striving for participation in it."--Lee Chambers-Schiller, "American Historical Review" -- "An extremely important contribution to women's history. It reminds us... that women's emergence in public life during the twentieth century continues to open up new political possibilities."--Ruth Rosen, "Women's Review of Book"
Print Book, English, ©1990
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, ©1990
History
xii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780801839085, 9780801844010, 0801839084, 0801844010
19627568
Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Ceremonial Space: Public Celebration and Private Women Chapter 2. Everyday Space: Gender and Geography of the Public Chapter 3. Political Space: Of Prostitutes and Politicians Chapter 4. The Public Sphere: Of Handkerchiefs, Brickbats, and Women's RightsEpilogueNotes Index