Project Gutenberg 2017-05-11 Public domain in the USA. 154 Hamilton, Cicely 1872 1952 Hamilton, Cicely Mary Hamill, Cicely Mary 09023010 Marriage as a Trade Produced by Carlo Traverso, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Marriage as a Trade" by Cicely Hamilton is a socio-political treatise written in the early 20th century. The book examines marriage from a commercial perspective, discussing the roles of women as wives and mothers as a means of economic survival. Hamilton's argument centers on the compulsory nature of marriage for women and critiques the economic disadvantages imposed on them, aiming to highlight the need for reform in the social and economic conditions surrounding marriage and motherhood. At the start of the work, Hamilton presents her rationale for examining the trade-like nature of marriage, arguing that societal norms have led to the acceptance of women's inferior status. She sets up a comparative analysis between the roles of women and men, contending that women’s lives are dominated by their function as wives and mothers, rather than as independent individuals. Through her exploration, she aims to separate women's identities and their value in society from their marital status, addressing the systemic issues that trap women in dependency and limit their personal agency. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Women -- Social and moral questions Marriage Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Women -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century HQ Text Category: Gender & Sexuality Studies Category: Sociology 331101 2025-06-22T04:10:02.845953 text/html 309268 2024-10-23T02:05:03 text/html 210887 2025-06-22T04:10:07.348882 application/epub+zip 209009 2025-06-22T04:10:03.590922 application/epub+zip 193096 2025-06-22T04:10:03.201902 application/epub+zip 276196 2025-06-22T04:10:10.643840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245417 2025-06-22T04:10:06.964892 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229987 2022-09-24T22:47:48.966740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305493 2025-06-22T04:10:02.551903 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 285655 2024-10-23T02:05:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17630 2025-06-22T04:10:10.780865 application/rdf+xml 6609 2025-06-22T04:10:03.288887 image/jpeg 1561 2025-06-22T04:10:03.246883 image/jpeg 166211 2025-06-22T04:10:02.881912 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia