Symes, Ruth A.
Family First: Tracing Relationships in the Past
(Pen and Sword, 2015).
Husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, children, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents - these are the relationships that structure the family tree and fascinate the family historian. But how much do we really know about how our ancestors lived out these multiple roles? Buffeted this way and that by economic developments, legal changes, medical advances, Two World Wars, the rise of the Welfare State, women's emancipation and many other factors, relationships between members of our family in the past were subtly different to those of today and continually transforming. This book is both a social history of the period 1800-1950 and a practical guide on how to set about tracing and better understanding the relationships between members of your own family. What did it mean to be a father in this period, but also, how might you discover the father of an ancestor if his name is not mentioned on the birth certificate? What common ideas were held about the role of wives and mothers, but also, how were multiple births, stillbirths, abortions and infanticides dealt with in the records? What factors might have influenced the size of your ancestor's family, but also why were its children named as they were? Did pecking order in a family matter, but also, was it legal to marry a cousin, or the sister of a deceased wife? How long could people expect to live, but also what records can tell you more about the circumstances of your ancestors' last years? A final chapter considers relationships with neighbours, friends and club associates. Hardback. New book, fine in dustwrapper. 223pp. Order No. NSBK-C15530
Keywords: 9781473833883, family relationships, family trees, geneaology, geneaological, social history, ancestors, tracing ancestors, fathers, mothers, siblings, cousins, women, welfare state, infants, clubs, grandparents
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Maclean, Catherine Macdonald.
Born Under Saturn: A Biography of William Hazlitt
(Collins, 1943).
Hardback. Some foxing to first few pages, spine edges bumped and covers slightly soiled, otherwise good in soiled, torn and sellotaped dustwrapper. 629pp. Order No. NSBK-A11947
Keywords: B0007IUS0W, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, politics, political, politicians, government, Victorian, Victorian period, nineteenth century, 19th, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, politics, political, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs. self history, self histories
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Sayers, Peig.
An Old Woman's Reflections:
(OUP, rpt., 1978).
Translated from the Irish by Seamus Ennis and Introduced by W. R. Rodgers. Paperback. Very good. xiv + 131pp. Order No. NSBK-C4951
Keywords: 0192812394, women, woman, history, women's history, Ireland, Irish, Eire, Gaelic, Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland, Great Blasket Island, County Kerry, oral history, storytelling, stories, tales, Peig Sayers
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Elizabeth, Charlotte.
The Works of Charlotte Elizabeth. Vol I: With an Introduction by Mrs H. B. Stowe
(M. W. Dodd, fifth edition, 1847).
Vol 1: Personal Recollections, Osric ( a poem), the Rockite, Helen Fleetwood, The Siege of Derry, Letters from Ireland, Miscellaneous Poems, The Flower Garden. Hardback. Some loss to spine at top and bottom end, rubbing to edges, light foxing, otherwise good, solid and complete. 753pp. Order No. NSBK-C15365
Keywords: Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, Harriet Beecher Stowe, American women, literature
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Trotter, Janet MacLeod.
The Suffragette:
(Headline Book Publishing, 1996).
Paperback. Fine. 504pp. Order No. NSBK-C10961
Keywords: suffragettes, Votes for Women
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Cleland, John.
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure: Fanny Hill
(Mayflower Paperback, rpt, 1970).
Unexpurgated. Paperback. Spine creased, pages browned, otherwise good. 222pp. Order No. NSBK-C1403
Keywords: 0583116833, memoir, women's history, novel, literature, women's history, sexuality, eighteenth century
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Robins, Elizabeth.
The Convert:
(Women's Press, rpt, 1980).
Paperback. Spine creased, a little splitting internally at spine with a few pages partly detached, pages browned & light edgewear to covers; a good working copy. xvi + 304pp. Order No. NSBK-C2995
Keywords: 0704338564, Elizabeth Robins, Jane Marcus, Edwardian, suffragettes, Votes for Women, women's suffrage, novel, women's rights, Christabel Pankhurst, Emmeline Pankhurst, England, Britain, history, English
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Urwin, Derek W.
Western Europe since 1945: A Political History
(Longman, rpt., 1990).
Paperback. Spine faded, top corner bumped, otherwise good. xii + 415pp. Order No. NSBK-A8433
Keywords: 0582495113, Western Europe, European, politics, political, twentieth century, 20th, economy, economics, postwar reconstruction, welfare state, inflation, unemployment, terrorism, student protest, green movement, feminism, regional nationalism
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Ridley, Annie E.
Frances Mary Buss and her Work for Education:
(Longmans, Green, 1895).
Hardback. Some light wear to the edges, spotting to early pages, otherwise good, firm. viii + 399pp. Order No. NSBK-C5115
Keywords: B07FT3XRFG, education, women, history, women's education, Frances Mary Buss, North London Collegiate School for Ladies, Public Day School for Girls, school, schools, schooling, Victorian, nineteenth century, biography, biographies, English, British, England, Britain, training, training colleges, higher education, adult education, female, university education, universities, Annie E. Ridley
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Scott, Philippa.
Lucky Me:
(Kenilworth Press, 1990).
Illustrated by more than 90 photographs. The book is an evocation of the early life of Philippa Scott (nee Talbot-Ponsonby's) - her childhood in South Africa, school, climbing holidays, her time in the Land Army in World War II and a spell in Yugoslavia during the Cold War. She married Peter Scott in Reykjavik in 1951. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 208pp. Order No. NSBK-C5734
Keywords: 1872082114, Lucky Me, Philippa Scott, Philippa Talbot-Ponsonby, Land Army, Peter Scott, South Africa, World War Two, wars, Second World War, World War II, Britain, British, history, england, English, autobiography, autobiographical, memoirs, memoir, autobiographies, life history, life histories, women writers, Severn Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Thjorsaver Expedition, Reykjavik
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