Feminism, Femininity and the Politics of Working Women

Feminism, Femininity and the Politics of Working Women
Author: Gillian Scott
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2005-08-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135360316

This text discusses the development of the Women's Co-operative Guild from the 1880s to World War II. Charting the rise and fall of a feminist organization, the author assesses its political significance and examines the causes of its demise.

Armed with Swords & Scales

Armed with Swords & Scales
Author: Sascha Auerbach
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2021-02-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108491553

Explores how local courtrooms have been a common feature of everyday life and culture since the eighteenth century.

References of Divorce

References of Divorce
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 118
Release: 1915
Genre: Divorce
ISBN:

Minutes of Evidence given before the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire

Minutes of Evidence given before the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire
Author:
Publisher: RCAHMW
Total Pages: 167
Release:
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has a leading national role in developing and promoting understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, as the originator, curator and supplier of authoritative information for individual, corporate and governmental decision makers, researchers, and the general public.

Love and Toil : Motherhood in Outcast London, 1870-1918

Love and Toil : Motherhood in Outcast London, 1870-1918
Author: Ellen Ross Professor of Women's Studies Ramapo College
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1993-10-19
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0195365003

The history of the British working class has until recently been written with a focus on the workplace or on such male organizations as clubs, unions or national political parties. This study of mothers in London before World War I stresses the distinctiveness of their experiences from those of other classes, and of the post World War I period, and demonstrates the ways in which mothers and their domestic choices were essential to the survival and cultural perpetuation of the working classes.