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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Whelan, Robert, ed. (Octavia Hill).
Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1872 - 1911: Together with an Account of the Walmer Street Industrial Experiment
(Kyrle Books, 2005).
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. lxiv + 784pp. Order No. NSBK-A8671
Keywords: 0954891406, letters, correspondence, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill's letters, fellow workers, fellow-workers, letters to fellow-workers, autobiography, autobiographical, social history, housing, houses, philanthropic, philanthropy, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th century, nineteenth century, 19th century, women, women's history, Walmer Street Industrial Experiment, tenants, Charity Organisation Society, poor, poverty, social welfare, open spaces, National Trust, reformers, reform, slums, slum, London, Lambeth, Walworth, charity, charities, charity work, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Kyrle Society, homes, dwellings, Britain, British, England, English
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Finnegan, Frances.
Poverty and Prostitution: a Study of Victorian Prostitutes in York
(CUP, 1979).
Illustrated. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and markings, cloth rubbed & faded, otherwise good. x + 231pp. Order No. NSBK-C2420
Keywords: 0521224470, prostitution, Victorian, York, Yorkshire, history, Josephine Butler, poverty, prostitutes, Britain, British, history, English, England, poor, prostitute, brothel, brothels, fallen women, whores, sexuality, crime, criminals, working women, rescue work, philanthropy, York Penitentiary, drink, drinking, alcohol
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St John Ambulance Association, .
First Aid: the Authorised Manual of the St. John Ambulance Association
(St. John Ambulance Association, 2nd edition, 3rd impression, 1970).
Card covers. Paperback. Light soiling to front cover, otherwise good+. 272pp. Order No. NSBK-A7293
Keywords: St. John Ambulance Association, first aid, health, social history, twentieth century, ambulances, Britain, British, England, English, sickness, injured, injuries, caring for the sick, patients, advice books, philanthropy, bandages, 1960s, advice books, manuals
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Carpenter, J. Estlin.
The Life and Work of Mary Carpenter:
(Macmillan, 2nd edition, 1881).
Hardback. Original cloth with spine ends and corners worn. Spine sunned, otherwise a very good, solid copy. xiv + 391pp. Order No. NSBK-A13865
Keywords: B000WSPERO, Mary Carpenter, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, biography, biographies, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, ragged schools, education, Bristol, social reform, reformatories for girls, poverty, teaching, teachers, reformatory schools, children, charity, philanthropy, childhood, Indian, India, female education, women's education
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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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Whelan, Robert.
Helping the Poor: Friendly Visiting, Dole Charities and Dole Queues
(Civitas, 2001).
Paperback. Good. viii + 183pp. Order No. NSBK-A15705
Keywords: 9781903386163, poor, poverty, dole, charities, charity, philanthropy, social history
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Cobbe, Frances Power.
Criminals, Idiots, Women and Minors: Is the Classification Sound? A Discussion on the Laws Concerning the Property of Married Women
(Portrayer, 2002 rpt of 1868 article).
First appeared in Fraser's Magazine, Dec 1868. No 2 in the Open Archive Occasional Series. Booklet. New booklet, fine. 22pp. Order No. NSBK-C6302
Keywords: social history, Frances Power Cobbe, Victorian, nineteenth century, women, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, philanthropy, philanthropists, women's rights, women's movement, suffrage, woman suffage, women's suffrage, London National Society for Women's Suffrage, feminists, feminist, feminism, family history, families, Married Women's Property Act, law, legal, marital relations, marital law, property holders, property owners, married women, husbands, wives, married couples, domesticity, wife, laws, Fraser's Magazine, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Open Archive Occasional Series, new title, booklet
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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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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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