Bradley, Katherine and Sweet, Helen.
Women in the Professions: Politics and Philanthropy, 1840 - 1940
(Trafford Publishing, 2009).
Paperback. Fine. xiv + 283pp. Order No. NSBK-A14844
Keywords: 9781426911873, women, philanthropy, women's suffrage, Women's Institute, nursing, employment, women's welfare, Oxford, Catharine Tait
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Maurice, C. Edmund, ed.
Life of Octavia Hill: as Told in her Letters
(Macmillan, rpt, 1914).
Hardback. Some foxing to early pages, minor yellow highlighting to text, rubbing to edges and spine ends, otherwise a good solid copy. vii + 591pp. Order No. NSBK-C4485
Keywords: B01M9FUK1S, Octavia Hill, biography, biographies, autobiographies, autobiography, letters, housing, Victorian social reformers, reform, philanthropy, town planning, open spaces, settlements, dwellings, poverty, poor, paupers, pauperism, Britain, England, English, British, National Trust, commons, working class, working classes
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Sutherland, John.
Mrs Humphry Ward: Eminent Victorian, Pre-eminent Edwardian
(OUP Clarendon, 1990).
A biography of Mary Ward: novelist; anti-suffragist; philanthropist; founder of Somerville College for women in Oxford; journalist during World War I. Hardback. Dustwrapper slightly faded and creased at spine, otherwise very good. ix + 432pp. Order No. NSBK-C6392
Keywords: 9780198185871, women writers, novels, novelists, literature, Victorian, Edwardian, Somerville College, Oxford, Oxford University, biography, biographies, Mary Ward, women journalists, journalism, anti-suffrage, philanthropy, women philanthropists
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Parr, Joy.
Labouring Children: British Immigrant Apprentices to Canada, 1869-1924
(Croom Helm, 1980).
Scarce. Hardback. Good condition, in faded and lightly soiled dustwrapper. 181pp. Order No. NSBK-A3988
Keywords: 0773505172, immigrants, apprentices, apprenticeship, Canada, Canadian history, Victorian, nineteenth century, twentieth century, emigrants, emigration, child, children, childhood, labor, labour, adoption, philanthropy, philanthropic, agricultural, domestic service, domestic servants, Evangelicals, migration
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Batchelor, Mary.
Catherine Bramwell-Booth:
(Lion Book, 1986).
Hardback. Ex-library with usual library stamps and stickers, lacks flyleaf, otherwise good, in creased dustwrapper. 240pp. Order No. NSBK-C6395
Keywords: 0745910270, Salvation army, religion, Christian, philanthropy, Britain, British, England, English, history, Catherine Bramwell-Booth, Booths, nineteenth century, Victorian, twentieth century, Edwardian, biographies, biography, religious
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Hammond, J. L and Hammond, Barbara.
Lord Shaftesbury:
(Constable and Co, 1923).
In the series Makers of the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Basil Williams. Hardback. Cloth faded/worn/marked, otherwise a good working copy. `x + 313pp. Order No. NSBK-A6007
Keywords: B0006AJFC8, Lord Shaftesbury, politics, Victorian, nineteenth century, biographies, biographical, biography, men, life histories, life history, lunacy, mental health, philanthropy, Peel, mines, mine reform, mining, factories, industry, industrialisation, Ten Hours Bill, public health, Anton Ashley Cooper, Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury
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Whitney, Janet.
Elizabeth Fry: Quaker Heroine
(George G. Harrap, rpt., 1938).
Hardback. Newspaper cutting pasted to inside front cover, boards stained and worn, otherwise good. 328pp. Order No. NSBK-C11320
Keywords: 0405090722, prison, prison reform, Elizabeth Fry, philanthropy, Victorian, Quaker, women, nineteenth century, Britain, British, England, English, history, jails, gaols, Quakers, biography, biographical, biographies, life history, life histories
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Fawcett, Millicent and Turner, E. M.
Josephine Butler: her Work and Principles and their Meaning for the Twentieth Century
(Portrayer, 2002 facs. of 1927 edit).
Paperback. New book, fine. vii + 164pp. Order No. NSBK-C5334
Keywords: 0954263286, Josephine Butler, philanthropy, prostitution, Victorian, morality, social purity, reform, Britain, British, England, English, history, prostitute, prostitutes, women, women's history, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, twentieth century, sexuality, gender, Portrayer, Liverpool, social history, philanthropists, Contagious Diseases Acts
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Cobbe, Frances Power and Bryan, Benjamin.
Vivisection in America: I: How it is Taught; II: How it is Practised
(Portrayer, 2002 reprint of 4th edition of 1890).
No 4 in the Open Archive Occasional Series. Booklet. New booklet, fine. 44pp. Order No. NSBK-C6301
Keywords: vivisection, Vivisection in America, USA, American, America, United States of America, social history, Frances Power Cobbe, Benjamin Bryan, anti vivisection, anti-vivisection, antivivisection, Victorian, nineteenth century, vivisectionists, vivisectionist, women, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, animals, animal cruelty, cruelty to animals, medical, medicine, science, philanthropy, philanthropists, letters, women's rights, women's movement, suffrage, woman suffage, women's suffrage, London National Society for Women's Suffrage, experiments on animals, animal experimentation, Victoria Street Society, feminists, feminist, feminism, protest, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Open Archive Occasional Series, new title, booklet
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Keating, Peter, ed.
Into Unknown England, 1866-1913: Selections from the Social Explorers
(Fontana, 1976).
Paperback. Very good. 320pp. Order No. NSBK-A284
Keywords: B01FIXWHZ4, 0006336299, Britain, British, slums, slum, England, English, history, social explorer, Charles Booth, George R. Sims, London, philanthropy, B. S. Rowntree, nineteenth century, Edwardian, Andrew Mearns, 0719006511
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