TY  - BOOK
AU  - Drenth,Annemieke van
AU  - Haan,Francisca de
TI  - The rise of caring power: Elizabeth Fry and Josephine Butler in Britain and the Netherlands 
SN  - 9053563857
AV  - HN49.W6 D74 1999
U1  - 305.4209034 
PY  - 1999///]
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
KW  - Fry, Elizabeth Gurney,
KW  - Butler, Josephine Elizabeth Grey,
KW  - Women social reformers
KW  - Netherlands
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Social work with prostitutes
KW  - Women prisoners
KW  - Services for
KW  - Feminism
KW  - Sex (Psychology)
KW  - Public welfare
N1  - Chronology of women's activism, the women's movement and feminism in the Netherlands in the nineteenth century: p. 279-282; Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-260) and index; Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-273) and index; Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-278) and index
N2  - "This original study discusses the role of women in developing and dispersing caring power and, vice-versa, the role of caring power in constituting 'women' as modern social subjects, processes which began around 1800. Based on the historian-/philosopher Foucault's concept of pastoral power, "caring power" also takes into account the vital role played by gender. Both humanitarian and religious motives fostered the ideal of serving the well-being of individual 'others' and thereby the interest of society as a whole.With the rise of caring power, this book argues, women began to feel responsible for 'those of their own sex' and to organize themselves in all-female organizations. In the process they carved out new gender identities for themselves and the women in their care. The authors illustrate this profound historical change with the work of the reformers Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) and Josephine Butler (1828-1906) and trace their impact in Britain and the Netherlands."--Publisher description
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ER  -