The Public Lives of Charlotte and Marie Stopes [Paperback]

Charlotte Stopes was the first woman in Scotland to get a university qualification. She devoted her life to studying Shakespeare and the promotion of women in public life. Though Charlotte is largely forgotten, her daughter Marie is well known. Green asserts that Maries success can only be understood in relation to the achievements of her mother.Charlotte Stopes was the first woman in Scotland to get a university qualification. She devoted her life to studying Shakespeare and the promotion of women in public life. Though Charlotte is largely forgotten, her daughter Marie is well known. Green asserts that Maries success can only be understood in relation to the achievements of her mother.Acknowledgements, List of Figures, Introduction: Performing a Public Life, 1 Demands and Desires, 2 The Rational Charlotte Stopes, 3 Personal and Political: The 1890s, 4 Pleasure, Drama, Money: The Maturation of Marie Stopes, 5 The Search for Recognition, 6 Marie Stopes and the Public Imagination, 7 The Citizen Mother, Afterword, Notes, Works Cited, IndexUS? Taylor & Francis 2013