The Queendom of Ambition: The Laboratories and Libraries of the Metropolis as centres of Feminist Networks (c.1850-1935)

野心女王：大都市的实验室和图书馆作为女权主义网络的中心（c.1850-1935）

• 批准号: 2476893
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Lancaster University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2476893
• 关键词: Queendom; Ambition; Laboratories; Libraries; Metropolis

Women have been called queens for a long time, Louisa May Alcott observed, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling. This encapsulates the early efforts of the women of London's Royal Society, christened the queens of their respective fields due to their rarity and virtuosity. This emphasis on the singularity of women in science invokes a sense of accidental genius with females relegated to the quasi-professional soirée known as Ladies' Night. This research will attest to the significance of female company in intellectual circles such as the conversaziones, and how these women continued to network and collaborate to make their voices heard. The public presence of female intellectuals in the capital sparked a ripple effect which influenced the presentation of female artists and writers. Subsequently, a new woman literary collective broke free of the hyper-feminine framework and presented their materials using scientific language. Ventures in new genres were presented as experiments and civic spaces such as libraries and museums were laboratories of creativity. In the hub of scientific and artistic space, women were creating a new kingdom of female networking and collaboration. Its legacy reverberated through the metropolis and long-nineteenth century.Research Objectives:- Utilising archival evidence of correspondence, diary entries and recollections of the Royal Society's members to determine how female scientists were received by their male counterparts, will question how these women perceived each other and sought solidarity.- Analysing how the Society's 'Ladies' Night' was presented to the public and how the promotion of women in science was perceived in private circles; will verify how these women were expected to conduct themselves at these events.- Determining how women's research was presented to the Society at the conversaziones, and how hyper-feminine language was employed to simultaneously celebrate and contain them will introduce the concept of "feminine framing" in nineteenth and early-twentieth century science. - Exploring how female scientists used these platforms to extol their Suffragist philosophies, and how New Woman artists and writers continued to celebrate female collaboration.- Comparing the hyper-feminine language that was employed to "promote" these scientist's works with how fin de siècle female writers utilised scientific language in protest. Artistic labours became "experiments in aesthetics" and female creativity "evolved" from an accomplishment to an exchange of ideas between science and art.- This research will conclude by demonstrating how creative women increased their visibility in the metropolis by conducting artistic research in new "laboratory" spaces such as the British Museum and the British Library.

路易莎·梅·奥尔科特指出，女性被称为女王已经有很长一段时间了，但她们所拥有的王国并不值得统治。这概括了伦敦皇家学会女性早期的努力，由于她们的罕见和精湛技艺，她们被称为各自领域的女王。这种对女性在科学领域的独特性的强调，唤起了一种偶然的天才感，因为女性被降级为被称为“女士之夜”的准职业社交活动。这项研究将证明女性公司在知识界的重要性，比如conversaziones，以及这些女性如何继续建立网络和合作，让自己的声音被听到。女性知识分子在首都的公开出现引发了连锁反应，影响了女性艺术家和作家的呈现。随后，一个新的女性文学集体打破了超女性化的框架，用科学的语言来呈现她们的材料。新类型的冒险被呈现为实验，图书馆和博物馆等公民空间是创造力的实验室。在科学和艺术空间的中心，女性正在创造一个女性网络和合作的新王国。它的遗产在整个大都市和漫长的19世纪回荡。研究目标：-利用皇家学会成员的信件、日记和回忆的档案证据来确定女性科学家如何受到男性同行的欢迎，将质疑这些女性如何看待彼此并寻求团结。-分析该学会的“女士之夜”是如何呈现给公众的，以及在私人圈子中如何看待女性在科学领域的提升；将核实这些女性在这些活动中应该如何表现。-确定女性研究如何在对话会上呈现给学会，以及如何使用超女性化的语言来同时庆祝和遏制她们，将引入19世纪和20世纪早期科学中的“女性框架”概念。-探索女性科学家如何利用这些平台颂扬她们的妇女参政哲学，以及新女性艺术家和作家如何继续庆祝女性合作。-将用于“推广”这些科学家作品的超女性化语言与最后的女性作家如何使用科学语言进行抗议进行比较。艺术劳动成为“美学实验”，女性创造力从一项成就“进化”为科学与艺术之间的思想交流。-这项研究将通过展示富有创造力的女性如何通过在大英博物馆和大英图书馆等新的“实验室”空间进行艺术研究来提高她们在大都市的知名度来结束。