Women Walking: Freedom, Adventure, Independence

by Karin Sagner-Düchting

Book Overview

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 promenade by oneself on city boulevards was unthinkable.

This book features evocative paintings of women doing just that, by a range of artists, from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789212862
• ISBN13: 9780789212863
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 8.1"