New feminist approaches to 18th-century women's labour: Sex work and mother work in The Memoirs of Mrs Margaret Leeson (1795–1797)
Feminist Theory: An International Interdisciplinary Journal
Published online on April 17, 2025
Abstract
Feminist Theory, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 296-314, August 2026.
I argue that modern feminist theory offers a valuable critical lens through which to analyse representations of sex work and mother work in 18th-century literature. Considering the life writing of a courtesan,The Memoirs of Mrs Margaret Leeson(published ...
I argue that modern feminist theory offers a valuable critical lens through which to analyse representations of sex work and mother work in 18th-century literature. Considering the life writing of a courtesan,The Memoirs of Mrs Margaret Leeson(published ...