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  • Title is exactly "“Worthy Citizens”: Middle-Class Women and the Public Sphere in Leicester c. 1850-1900"

“Worthy Citizens”: Middle-Class Women and the Public Sphere in Leicester c. 1850-1900

Although the political and economic history of Leicester during the nineteenth century has been well-documented, the current historiography focuses on the contribution made by Leicester’s men. Women are rarely mentioned. Yet while the male elite of…