Summerfield, Penny and Peniston-Bird, Corinna.
Contesting Home Defence: Men, Women and the Home Guard in the Second World War
(MUP, 2007).
Cultural History of Modern War Series. Paperback. Fine, as new. xviii + 307pp. Order No. NSBK-C14504
Keywords: 0719062020, home guard, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, home defence, World War II, Second World War, Dad's Army, oral history, women, Blitz, national identity
Price £12.00.
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Thomis, Malcolm I.
The Town Labourer and the Industrial Revolution:
(B.T. Batsford, 1974).
Paperback. Spine faded, otherwise very good. 247pp. Order No. NSBK-A5486
Keywords: 0713428333, town labourers, Industrial Revolution, social history, Britain, British, England, English, workers, work, industry, urban, urbanisation, towns, factory, factories, trade unions, trade unionism, trade union, collectives, combinations, Combination Laws, factory system, handloom weavers
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Chapman, J. Vincent.
Your Secondary Modern Schools: An Account of Their Work in the Late 1950s
(College of Preceptors, 1959).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, splitting / cracking internally at binding, else good in chipped sl soiled dw. 298pp. Order No. NSBK-A14178
Keywords: B001AG4U5Y, education, secondary modern, schools, fifties, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, 1950s, post war, vocational training, technical education, examinations, teaching, teachers, social history
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Lutzeler, Paul Michael.
Western Europe in Transition: West Germany's Role in the European Community (Schriftenreihe Europäisches Recht, Politik und Wirtschaft)
(Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1986).
Hardback. Ex library with minimal library stamps, a good copy. 223pp. Order No. NSBK-A8675
Keywords: 3789012203, Schriftenreihe Europäisches Recht, Politik und Wirtschaft, Western Europe, European, Europeans, Germany, German, European Community, European integration, international politics
Price £25.00.
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NUWSS Supporters' Badge, Suffragist Suffragette.
Enamel Reproduction NUWSS Suffragist Suffragette Stick-Pin Badge / Brooch:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2018).
NUWSS Supporters' Badge. Enamel Reproduction NUWSS Suffragette Stick-Pin Badge / Brooch, a Faithful Replica of the Original By Portrayer Publishers. High-quality modern reproduction enamel badge, brand new. Size: Badge circle diameter: 22mm. Length - badge and stick pin together -55mm. This badge is a replica of an original of the period, an enamel badge issued by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, NUWSS, displaying the organisation's official colours of red, white and green. The text reads: National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies Constitutional Non Party. Attaches to clothes safely by the stick-pin, the bottom of which - the bell cap - pushes on firmly. The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, NUWSS, also known as the Suffragists, was an organisation of women's suffrage societies in the United Kingdom. The organisation was democratic, and devoted itself to achieving women's suffrage - the Vote for Women - through peaceful and legal means. The badge / brooch comes with a free attractive purple velvet gift pouch. Presented within a lovely gift bag which is clear at the front and shiny silver at the rear. Brand new, excellent condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15560
Keywords: Christmas gifts, jewellery, jewelry, woman suffrage, button badge, pin back, badges, pinback, suffragette era, pins, suffragettes, suffragist activity, suffragists, women, women's history, woman, history, social history, Britain, British history, England, English history, NUWSS, National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, enamel badges, suffragette jewellery, suffragette jewelry, brooch, brooches, women's movement, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera, replica, reproduction
Price £13.95.
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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
Price £22.00.
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Whyte, Edna Gardner.
Rising Above It: An Autobiography
(Orion, 1991).
With Ann L. Cooper. Hardback. Very good in slightly torn dustwrapper. 257pp. Order No. NSBK-C5582
Keywords: 0517576856, Edna Gardner Whyte, autobiography, autobiographies, life history, life histories, flight, aviators, aviation, planes, aeroplanes, pilots, pilot, military, Ninety Nines, International Organisation of Women Pilots, women's work, women and work, America, American, USA, United States, flying, flight, flying machines
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Suffragette Postcard, .
Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858 - 1928:
(B. Matthews, Brighouse, Yorkshire, no date).
This postcard is NOT an original from the suffragette era, but dates from the 1960s or 1970s. The image of Emmeline is from the painting by Georgina Brackenbury, National Portrait Gallery, 1927. The card has not been posted. Short message in ink to the rear. Wear and a little creasing to corners, some browning & spotting to rear, otherwise very good. pp. Order No. NSBK-C14836
Keywords: suffragette ephemera, suffrage, suffragettes, suffragists, politics, political, rights, women's rights, women's movement, Votes for Women, woman, women's history, women's studies, women's suffrage, woman's suffrage, Emmeline Pankhurst, Pankhursts, portraits, portrait, National Portrait Gallery, heroines, suffragette postcards
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Goodman, Dave.
How the Old Age Pension was Won: the Forgotten Story. No Thanks to Lloyd George
(Third Age Press, 2nd edition, 1998).
Paperback. Very good. 94pp. Order No. NSBK-A14082
Keywords: 1898576122, old age pension, pensions, history, Lloyd George, social security, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, National Insurance, politics, Labour movement, popular politics, aged, old, retirement
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Tims, Margaret.
Jane Addams of Hull House, 1860 - 1935: a Centenary Study
(George Allen and Unwin, 1961).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good in slightly soiled dustwrapper. 166pp. Order No. NSBK-A8955
Keywords: B0000CKYPE, Jane Addams, Hull House, women's history, Chicago, American women, USA, United States of America, social work, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, pacifism, pacifists, pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize winners, social reformers, philanthropy, philanthropists
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