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NEGOTIATING “A WOMAN'S WORK”: PHILANTHROPY TO SOCIAL SCIENCE IN GASKELL'S NORTH AND SOUTH

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2012

Sarah Dredge
Sarah Dredge*
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Sheffield Hallam University
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A review of F. D. Maurice'sLectures to Ladies on Practical Subjects in 1856 considered the question of “female visiting” among the poor with reference to Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South. Though agreeing that it is “the subject of much anxiety,” the reviewer illustrates the value of female philanthropic visiting with a reading of Gaskell's novel:

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Victorian Literature and Culture , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , March 2012 , pp. 83 - 97
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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