Between Independence and Stigma: Single Women in Bourgeois and Noble Society in the Czech Lands (1848-1914)
Public support
Provider
Czech Science Foundation
Programme
Standard projects
Call for proposals
SGA0202600001
Main participants
Historický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.
Contest type
VS - Public tender
Contract ID
26-20427S
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Between Independence and Stigma: Single Women in Bourgeois and Noble Society in the Czech Lands (1848-1914)
Annotation in Czech
The project focuses on unmarried women in the Czech lands (1848–1914), examining their life strategies, socio-economic conditions, and opportunities for public engagement. It explores the factors shaping their unmarried status, analyzing to what extent it stemmed from personal choice or was shaped by social constraints and familial strategies. It compares bourgeois and noblewomen in terms of education, careers, and public life, and examines the expectations and social norms that influenced their experiences. The project also investigates contemporary reflections of the status of single women in the press, literature, and ego-documents. By combining demographic analysis, discourse analysis, and case studies, it contributes to a deeper understanding of the gendered aspects of modernization and social mobility in the 19th-century Habsburg Monarchy. The outputs will be a collective monograph and scholarly studies focusing on educated bourgeois women, noblewomen, women in the arts, and other social groups, bringing new perspectives to gender history in the 19th century.
Scientific branches
R&D category
ZV - Basic research
OECD FORD - main branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
OECD FORD - secondary branch
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OECD FORD - another secondary branch
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CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
AB - History
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Jan 1, 2026
Realization period - end
Dec 31, 2028
Project status
Z - Beginning multi-year project
Latest support payment
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Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP26-GA0-GA-R
Data delivery date
Apr 27, 2026
Finance
Total approved costs
6,395 thou. CZK
Public financial support
6,395 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK