Private_Lies,_Public_Spirit

Private Lies, Public Spirit Private Lives, Public Spirit The book Private Lives, Public Spirit is a book that describes the British Society from 1870-1914. It gives an overview of several different categories that make up society during these particular years. There are eight specific components of society into which the book goes into detail. Those components of society are (1)themes and interpretations, (2)demography, death, and disease, (3)family and household, (4)property, (5)work, (6)religion, (7)society and the state, and (8)society and social theory. In the first chapter, themes and interpretations, one of the sections deals with sex and gender. Before the 1860’s women’s roles and women’s rights had never been an issue. At this point in history as the book tells changes began in women’s roles and women’s rights. Women could begin to receive secondary and higher education. Also, changes were evident in other areas: political, legal, economic, intellectual, personal, and psychological. These changes didn’t simply come about through a simple process. This component of British History is best summed up by saying, “Even among those who favoured radical changes in women’s status and role, there was much difference of opinion about what those changes should consist of and the best way to attain them-differences that were partly social, partly ideological, partly generational.” (28). The section dealing with demography, death, property, changes, society, period, britain, book, women’s, social, valuable, time, people, government, dealing, rights, partly, one, model, living, less, increase, helped, chapter, before, because, about, year, working, women, towns, through, thing, theory, status, roles, role