A Victorian parsonage was a 'religious family enterprise', a showcase of ruling ideas, the headquarters of parish charities and a point of connection for multilayered networks in and outside the parish. This book focuses on the lives of women brought up in this setting, as the Church of England steered its way through the secularisation of society.

Introduction PART: TO BE BORN IN THE 'RELIGIOUS FAMILY ENTERPRISE' 1. The Birth of a 'Religious Family Enterprise' 2. Growing Up as a Clerical Child PART II: HER FATHER'S FLOCK: CLERGY DAUGHTERS AS YOUNG LADIES 3. 'There is Special Work before Us': Parish Work 4. 'My Duty Is to Get Acquainted with Everybody': Networks Over and Above the Church Network PART III: THE CLERGY DAUGHTERS' MISSION 5. Love: Sexuality, Marriage and Widowhood 6. Faith: Development and Crisis 7. Hope: Self-fulfilment PART IV: CODA 8. The Family of an Essex Clergyman's Daughter: Two Generations of the Bramston and Luard Families of Essex Conclusion

Midori Yamaguchi is a Professor at Daito Bunka University, Japan. Her publications include 'The Religious Rebellion of a Clergyman's Daughter', Women's History Review, 16.5 (2007).