Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Keyword
-
- Abolitionists -- Great Britain -- Biography (1)
- Africa (1)
- African History (1)
- Buxton (1)
- Eighteenth-Century Paris (1)
-
- Eighteenth-century France (1)
- Faubourg Saint-Antoine (1)
- France) -- History -- 18th century (1)
- Great Britain (1)
- History -- Dissertations Abolition (1)
- History -- Dissertations early modern Paris (1)
- Laboring-class Paris (1)
- Modern History (1)
- Parisian women (1)
- Slavery (1)
- Slavery -- Africa (1)
- Slavery -- British colonies (1)
- Social Reform (1)
- Social reformers -- Great Britain -- Biography (1)
- Thomas Fowell Sir 1786-1845 (1)
- Women -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century Faubourg Saint-Antoine (Paris (1)
- Women's Studies (1)
- Working class women -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century (1)
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in History
A Window Into Their Lives: The Women Of The Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 1725-1765, Julie Elizabeth Leonard
A Window Into Their Lives: The Women Of The Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 1725-1765, Julie Elizabeth Leonard
Dissertations (1934 -)
This study is an examination of laboring class women of Paris during the early eighteenth century. These women did not leave written records of their lives, so information about them comes from legal and judicial records, specifically the papers of the commissaires de police and the records of criminal cases that went before the Châtelet, one of the royal courts of Paris. By examining the challenges and conflicts that individual women faced, we can better understand how laboring-class women of eighteenth-century Paris successfully navigated the legal and customary restrictions that were part of the patriarchal system under which they lived. …
"Ordinary Talents And Extraordinary Perseverance": The Life Of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, David Bruce
"Ordinary Talents And Extraordinary Perseverance": The Life Of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, David Bruce
Dissertations (1934 -)
Born into a gentry family with roots in the Society of Friends, the evangelical social conscience of Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845) was developed as he operated a brewery in Spitalfields, perhaps London's poorest parish. He was instrumental in raising funds for poor relief and establishing soup and bread kitchens there during the winter of 1816-1817. His interest and research on penal discipline brought him national prominence and led to a parliamentary seat which he held for nearly two decades. Buxton's association with noted activist William Wilberforce (1759-1833) led to his own involvement in the anti-slavery movement, a cause he fiercely …