Radical Reformers and Respectable Rebels : How the Two Lives of Grace Oakeshott Defined an Era / by Jocelyn Robson.

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Radical Reformers and Respectable Rebels : How the Two Lives of Grace Oakeshott Defined an Era / by Jocelyn Robson.

9781137311849
1137311843
9781137311832
1137311835

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

English

1 online resource (256 pages)

10.1057/9781137311849 doi

D17-D24.5

305.40941

The fin de siècle was a time of social and cultural upheaval, with many women living more adventurous and defiant lives than their mothers would ever have dreamed possible. This is the true story of an Englishwoman who staged her own death and re-invented herself in the far colony of New Zealand, in the early 1900s. Grace Oakeshott's life is revealed through the reform movements of the period, including education for girls, ethical socialism, Victorian evangelicalism, and the changing nature of marriage. As a social activist, Grace rubbed shoulders with many notable figures, including William Morris, H.G. Wells, and Sydney and Beatrice Webb. Jocelyn Robson uses a rich collection of historical sources, including contemporary fiction and social commentary, archive documents and interviews with surviving family members. Through the lives of Grace and those close to her we discover what drove people to act in extraordinary (as well as ordinary) ways.

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