Women walking : freedom, adventure, independence /
"At the close of the eighteenth century, women began to discover a new sense of freedom, adventure, and self-determination, simply by walking in public unaccompanied. Previously, solitary walks by women were considered unseemly. An unaccompanied hike in the country was beyond imagination; to pr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
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New York :
Abbeville Press Publishers,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: women walking
- From aristocratic promenades to bourgeois walks
- Strolling and idling: on the go in the city
- Liberating steps into nature
- High up: above it all.