Women Against Cruelty: Protection of Animals in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Revised Edition

by Diana Donald

Book Overview

Women against cruelty is the first book to explore women's leading role in animal protection in nineteenth-century Britain, drawing on rich archival sources. Women founded bodies such as the Battersea Dogs' Home, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and various groups that opposed vivisection. They energetically promoted better treatment of animals, both through practical action and through their writings, such as Anna Sewell's Black Beauty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526150468
• ISBN13: 9781526150462
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"