Robertson, John M.
The Eight Hours Question:
(Swan Sonnenschein, 2nd edition, 1899).
Hardback. Red boards darkened / soiled, spine ends and corners worn, ex library with usual library markings - otherwise a good solid copy. xii + 150pp. Order No. NSBK-A14441
Keywords: B00087AGQ8, working hours, pay, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, working conditions, economy, industry, eight hours, factory, factories, mines, railways, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, reform
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Montgomery, L. M.
Chronicles of Avonlea:
(Harrap, rpt., 1974).
Hardback. Some slight staining to front and back end papers, brd edges slightly faded, otherwise good. 236pp. Order No. NSBK-C5953
Keywords: 0245555617, Avonlea, Anne of Avonlea, L. M. Montgomery, Prince Edward Island, fiction, novels, woman writer, women writers, novelists, literature, literary, girls', girlhood, youth, Canada, Canadian
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Malone, Carolyn.
Women's Bodies and Dangerous Trades in England, 1880-1914:
(Royal Historical Society, 2003).
Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. xi + 169pp. Order No. NSBK-C13167
Keywords: 0861932641, women's bodies, body, sexuality, femininity, Victorian, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, social history, work, industry, reproduction, dangerous trades, white lead, pottery trade, potteries, medicine, medical, health, pregnancy, working conditions, sexual difference, infant mortality, foetal protection
Price £32.00.
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Shaw, Marion, ed.
Man Does, Woman Is: an Anthology of Work and Gender
(Fab. & Fab., 1995).
Hardback. Very good in edgeworn dustwrapper. xiii + 256pp. Order No. NSBK-C753
Keywords: 0571165583, work, women and work, gender, labour, women's work, sexual equality, sex disrimination, jobs, women workers, working women, woman worker, woman workers, 20th century, twentieth century, labour, labor, gender roles, division of labour, gender division of labour
Price £3.00.
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Cooper, Thomas.
The Life of Thomas Cooper:
(Leicester UP, 1971).
With an introduction by John Saville. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 400pp. Order No. NSBK-A8323
Keywords: 0718550161, Thomas Cooper, autobiography, autobiographical, autobiographies, lives, life histories, life history, memoir, working, man, Chartists, Chartism, nineteenth century, 19th, Leicester, Leicestershire, working class, working-class, classes, Victorian, political, politics, John Saville
Price £7.00.
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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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Suffragette Poster, .
Votes for Workers:
(Portrayer Publishers, reprint, 2003).
A modern reproduction of this suffragette poster, created by W.F. Winter, and originally published by the Artists' Suffrage League (date unknown). Printed with archival inks on premium paper (200 GSM, Silk Art, photographic print). Poster (in shades of brown, cream and sand) shows weary and dejected British working woman at a sewing machine, with the slogan "Votes for Workers" beneath it. Size of the paper is 450mm x 320mm and image is approx 435mm x 305mm. Poster. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C6880
Keywords: B001F42LJ8, suffragettes, suffragette poster, suffragette posters, Votes for Women, woman suffrage, history, women, enfranchisement, franchise, women's movement, politics, England, English, cartoons, suffrage, politics, anti-suffrage, male attitudes, images, imagery, women, women's, representations, pictures, poster, posters, enfranchisement, the franchise, reproductions, modern reproductions, print, prints, workers, worker, women workers, woman worker, votes, vote, voter, voting, working classes, working class, W.F. Winter, The Artists' Suffrage League, Britain, British, Portrayer Publishers, Christmas gifts, suffragette ephemera
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Sutherland, Gillian.
Elementary Education in the Nineteenth Century:
(Historical Association, 1971).
Booklet. Very good. 52pp. Order No. NSBK-A2991
Keywords: B0000E905P, elementary education, Victorian, Britain, England, Forster's Education Act, education, school, schooling, history, British, English, nineteenth century, Gillian Sutherland, child, schools, children, girls, girl, boys, boys, girlhood, boyhood, childhood, 19th century, nineteenth century, booklet
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Drake, Barbara.
Women in Trade Unions:
(Virago, 1984 rpt of 1920 ed.).
Intro by Branson. With folding tables. Now out-of-print again. Paperback. Covers slightly soiled, otherwise good. xiv + 237pp. Order No. NSBK-C393
Keywords: 0860684059, Virago, trade union, trade unions, trade unionism, labour, labor, labour history, labor history, Left, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, history, work, workers, working women, skilled labour, unskilled labour, TUC, Women's Trade Union League
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Loane, M.
The Queen's Poor: Life As They Find it in Town in Country
(Middlesex UP, 1998).
Introduction by Susan Cohen and Clive Fleay. Paperback. Slightly soiled, otherwise good. liii + 312pp. Order No. NSBK-A12701
Keywords: 1898253226, The Queen's Poor, poor, poverty, M. Loane, social investigations, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, towns, country, nurses, nursing. The Queen's Poor, working class, working-class, Martha Jane Loane
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