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The provoked wife: The life and times of Susannah Cibber
Mary Nash brings Susannah Cibber to life, showing us that her real story was even more interesting than the roles she played on the stage at Covent Garden and Drury Lane in the 18th century.
- GenresHistory
369 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1977
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Mary Nash
45 books20 followersMary Josephine Nash Baldwin (born 1947) is an Irish historian living in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). She has specialized in the study of the history of women and feminism in Spain.
In 1967, she graduated from the National University of Ireland, and in 1975 she obtained a licentiate in philosophy and letters at the University of Barcelona. She received her doctorate there in 1977 in the specialty of modern history, with the thesis La mujer en las organizaciones políticas de izquierdas en España, 1931–1939. In 1982, she was one of the founders of the Women's Historical Research Center at the University of Barcelona.[3]
In 1984, she won the Emilia Pardo Bazán prize for her work Presencia y protagonismo. Aspectos de la historia de las mujeres. In 1995, the Generalitat de Catalunya awarded her the Creu de Sant Jordi.[4] In 2008 she received the President Macià Working Medal.[5] In 2010 she became a Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Granada.[6]
She is one of the directors of Arenal, Journal of Women's History [es], has collaborated with UNESCO, and was president of the Spanish Association for Women's History Research (AEIHM) from 1991 to 1997.[7]
She is a Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Barcelona.
In 1967, she graduated from the National University of Ireland, and in 1975 she obtained a licentiate in philosophy and letters at the University of Barcelona. She received her doctorate there in 1977 in the specialty of modern history, with the thesis La mujer en las organizaciones políticas de izquierdas en España, 1931–1939. In 1982, she was one of the founders of the Women's Historical Research Center at the University of Barcelona.[3]
In 1984, she won the Emilia Pardo Bazán prize for her work Presencia y protagonismo. Aspectos de la historia de las mujeres. In 1995, the Generalitat de Catalunya awarded her the Creu de Sant Jordi.[4] In 2008 she received the President Macià Working Medal.[5] In 2010 she became a Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Granada.[6]
She is one of the directors of Arenal, Journal of Women's History [es], has collaborated with UNESCO, and was president of the Spanish Association for Women's History Research (AEIHM) from 1991 to 1997.[7]
She is a Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Barcelona.
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August 2, 2016
I don't often write reviews, but this will be the first review on Goodreads for this book, and it definitely deserves one.
The Provoked Wife was such a pleasant surprise. I picked it up from a used bookstore in Cincinnati because the title and the cover were intriguing. Within the first chapter, I was immediately swept up into the world of English theater from the mid to late 1700s and Susannah Cibber's place of prominence therein. Almost all of the people and events covered within were new to me, and the author kept me hooked for the entirety of the book. It is not often that I read something about which I have to keep those close to me in constant update, but The Provoked Wife was one such work. It is masterfully researched, without a tinge of the dryness that some nonfiction works hold for me. I highly, highly recommend!
The Provoked Wife was such a pleasant surprise. I picked it up from a used bookstore in Cincinnati because the title and the cover were intriguing. Within the first chapter, I was immediately swept up into the world of English theater from the mid to late 1700s and Susannah Cibber's place of prominence therein. Almost all of the people and events covered within were new to me, and the author kept me hooked for the entirety of the book. It is not often that I read something about which I have to keep those close to me in constant update, but The Provoked Wife was one such work. It is masterfully researched, without a tinge of the dryness that some nonfiction works hold for me. I highly, highly recommend!
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