What is a woman to do? : a reader on women, work and art, c. 1830-1890

Contents
Acknowledgements xiii
Editors’ Note xv
Introduction: Art and Economics for the Middle-Class Woman 1
Section One Negotiating the Domestic Ideal 15
	Introduction 17
	[Sarah Lewis], Woman’s Mission (1839)  21
	Marion Reid, A Plea for Women (1843)  27
	‘Advice to the Ladies’, Eliza Cook’s Journal (1850)  35
	Barbara Leigh Smith [Bodichon], Women and Work (1857)  39
	[Dinah Mulock Craik], A Woman’s Thoughts about Women (1858)  47
	[Harriet Martineau], ‘Female Industry’, Edinburgh Review (1859)  57
	Florence Nightingale, ‘Cassandra’ (1860)  63
	A. R. L., ‘Facts Versus Ideas’, English Woman’s Journal (1861)  69
	[Dora Greenwell], ‘Our Single Women’, North British Review (1862)  75
	Charlotte Mary Yonge, ‘Money-Making’, Womankind (1877)  83
	Emily Pfeif fer, Women and Work. An Essay, etc. (1888)  89
Section Two The Feminine Aesthetic 97
	Introduction 99
	Frances Anne Butler [Fanny Kemble], Journal (1835)  103
	M. A. [Mary Ann] Stodart, Female Writers: Thoughts on Their Proper Sphere, and Their Powers of Usefulness (1842)  109
	R. H. [Richard Hengist] Horne, A New Spirit of the Age (1844)  113
	[Anne Richelieu Lamb Dryden], Can Woman Regenerate Society? (1844)  119
	Currer Bell [Charlotte Brontë], ‘Editor’s Preface to the New Edition of Wuthering Heights’ (1850)  127
	Anna Mary Howitt, An Art Student in Munich (1853)  133
	[George Eliot], ‘Woman in France: Madame de Sablé’, Westminster Review (1854)  139
	Elizabeth Strutt, The Feminine Soul: Its Nature and Attributes. With Thoughts upon Marriage, and Friendly Hints upon Feminine Duties (1857)  147
	R. H. [Richard Holt] Hutton, ‘Novels by the Authoress of John Halifax’, North British Review (1858)  155
	F. T. [Francis Turner] Palgrave, ‘Women and the Fine Arts’, Macmillan’s Magazine (1865)  161
	[Anne Thackeray Ritchie], ‘Heroines and their Grandmothers’, Cornhill Magazine (1865)  169
	[Anne Mozley], ‘Clever Women’, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (1868)  175
	G. F. [George Frederic] Watts, ‘Art Needlework’, Nineteenth Century (1881)  183
	‘The Woman’s Part in Domestic Decoration’, Magazine of Art (1881)  187
Section Three From Pastime to Profession 193
	Introduction 195
	[George Henry Lewes], ‘The Conditions of Authors in England, Germany, and France’, Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country (1847)  199
	S. [Sarah Anderton], ‘A Few Words about Actresses and the Profession of the Stage’, English Woman’s Journal (1859)  205
	J. [John] Stewart, ‘Art-Decoration, A Suitable Employment for Women’, Art Journal (1860)  211
	F., ‘A Plea for Minerva’, The Rose, the Shamrock and the Thistle (1864)  219
	Bessie Rayner Parkes, Essays on Woman’s Work (1865)  223
	‘Photography as an Employment for Women’, Englishwoman’s Review (1867)  231
	J. [John] Cordy Jeaf freson, ‘Female Artists and the Art-Schools of England’, Art Pictorial and Industrial (1870)  235
	Jennie June Croly, ‘An Author or a Dressmaker?’, Woman and Work (1874)  241
	Mrs H. R. Haweis [Mary Eliza Haweis], The Art of Beauty (1878)  245
	Augusta Webster, ‘The Novel-Making Trade’ (1879)  255
	Lady M. [Marion Alford], Needlework as Art (1886)  261
	Frederick J. Crowest, ‘Music as a Livelihood’, Lady’s World (1887)  267
Section Four Fame, Reputation, and the Public Woman  273
	Introduction 275
	H. M. [Harriet Martineau], ‘Literary Lionism’, London and Westminster Review (1839)  279
	Mrs Jameson [Anna Jameson], ‘Adelaide Kemble: And the Lyrical Drama in 1841’ (1846)  289
	Mrs S. C. Hall [Anna Maria Hall], ‘Memories of Miss Jane Porter’, Art Journal (1850)  299
	‘The Society of Female Artists’, Lady’s Newspaper (1857)  303
	‘Rachel’s Last Portrait’, Lady’s Newspaper (1858)  307
	Mrs Mowatt [Anna Cora Mowatt], ‘Ballet Girls (From the Autobiography of an Actress)’, Eliza Cook’s Journal (1854)  311
	‘A Literary Life’, Ladies’ Treasury (1864)  315
	Charles Shandon [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], ‘A Remonstrance’, Belgravia (1867)  319
	‘Eminent Women Series. Edited by John H. Ingram. – George Eliot. By Mathilde Blind. (Allen & Co.)’, Athenaeum (1883)  325
	M. A. W. [Mary Augusta Ward], ‘Style and Miss Austen’, Macmillan’s Magazine (1884)  329
	Margaret Lonsdale, ‘Platform Women’, Nineteenth Century (1884)  335
	Helen Blackburn, ‘Women’s Books – A Possible Library’, Englishwoman’s Review (1889)  341
	H. H. [Helen Hamilton] Gardener, ‘The Immoral Influence of Women in Literature’, Arena (1890)  345
	‘Memorials to Women’, Englishwoman’s Review (1892)  353
	‘Ambitious Women’, Hearth and Home (1894)  355
Bibliography 359
Index 377