Symes, R. A.
Unearthing Family Tree Mysteries:
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
The intriguing characters in these real family history mysteries include an agricultural labourer who left secrets behind in Somerset when he migrated to Manchester, a working-class woman who bafflingly lost ten of her fourteen children in infancy, a miner who purportedly went to live with the Red Indians and a merchant prince of the Empire who was rumoured to have two wives. This book shows how a variety of sources including birth, marriage and death certificates, censuses, newspaper reports, passports, recipe books, trade directories, diaries and passenger lists were all used to uncover more, and how much can be detected by setting the characters from your family tree in their proper historical backgrounds. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 198pp. Order No. NSBK-A15528
Keywords: 9781473862944, social history, geneaology, family trees, women, men, Empire, birth certificates, geneaology, marriage, death, mortality, fertility, diaries, passenger lists, labour, censuses, emigration, family relationships
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Myrdal, Gunnar.
The Cost of Living in Sweden, 1830 - 1930:
(P. S. King, 1933).
Assisted by Sven Bouvin. Institute for Social Sciences, University of Stockholm. Hardback. Page edges foxed. Ex library with minimal library stamps. Some scuffing to cloth, and a little splitting externally to spine. Otherwise a good, solid, firm copy. x + 251pp. Order No. NSBK-A13356
Keywords: B000H47BVU, Institute for Social Sciences, University of Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish, economy, economic, cost of living, 19th century, twentieth century, prices, wages, budgets, clothing, housing, history
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Coleman, Anne.
The Creative Sewing Machine:
(B. T. Batsford, 1979).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 120pp. Order No. NSBK-A9904
Keywords: 0713433094, creative, crafts, sewing machines, sewing, needlework, women's studies, hobbies
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Walker, Carole.
A Saviour of Living Cargoes: the Life and Work of Caroline Chisholm
(Wolds Publishing, first UK edition, 2010).
Caroline Chisholm's philanthropic work was of lasting benefit to British emigrants and colonies - to Australia in particular. In New South Wales, she found shelter and employment for female immigrants and pressed officials to adopt her schemes for settling families on the land. In London, she arranged free passages for emancipists' wives and children and encouraged families to emigrate to Australia. In Victorian goldfields, she provided accommodation for the needy traveller. Tireless and resourceful, she cared little for personal reward or position; and by her own endeavours and careful persuasion, she demonstrated her faith in people, the strength of womanhood, and the need to protect the vulnerable and help working people and their families. This biography casts new light on her life and achievements. Paperback. Brand new, mint condition. xvi + 239pp. Order No. NSBK-C14738
Keywords: 9780956472403, Caroline Chisholm, Australia, pioneers, Australian, women travellers, biography, biographies, women, history, nineteenth century, 19th century, immigration, migration, emigration, colonialism, imperialism, Carole Walker, India, Indian, emigrants, philanthropy, New South Wales, colonies, women's history, Victorian
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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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Seymer, Lucy Ridgely.
Florence Nightingale:
(Faber and Faber, 1950).
Hardback. Blue cloth somewhat browned with age and slightly marked, some wear to edges, otherwise a good copy. xiv + 154pp. Order No. NSBK-C13604
Keywords: B0000CHR3I, Crimean War, nursing, women's history, Florence Nightingale, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, nurses, nurse, hospital, hospitals, 19th century, nineteenth century, biography, biographies, India
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Surrey, M.J.C.
The Analysis and Forecasting of the British Economy:
(CUP, 1971).
Occasional Papers XXV. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research. Paperback. Light edge wear, otherwise good. xii + 107pp. Order No. NSBK-A9813
Keywords: 0521096759, economy, economic, forecasting, Britain, British, England, English, history, finances, The National Institute of Economic and Social Research
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Mitchell, David.
Women on the Warpath: The Story of the Women of the First World War
(Jonathan Cape, 1966).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library markings. Some cracking internally at spine, lacks fly leaf, otherwise good in worn, chipped dustwrapper. xvi + 400pp. Order No. NSBK-A14202
Keywords: B0000CMXCJ, World War 1, World War One, World War I, First World War, Great War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th, munitions, Western Front, Pankhursts, women, women's history, WAAC, Pethick-Lawrence
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Hobman, D. L.
Go Spin You Jade: Studies in the Emancipation of Women
(Watts, 1957).
Hardback. Very good in soiled dustwrapper. 152pp. Order No. NSBK-C8343
Keywords: B0000CJV3I, history of women, women's history, women's rights, emancipation, Queen Elizabeth 1st, Sir Thomas More, Charlotte Charke, Aphra Behn, Elizabeth Elstob, Daniel Defoe, Mary Astell, Mrs Macaulay, Charlotte Lennox, the Blue Stockings, Hannah More, Mary Wollstonecraft, Caroline Norton, Harriet Martineau, Josephine Butler, Contagious Disease Acts, eductaion, religion, church, medicine, Sophia Jex-Blake, Olive Schreiner, Mrs Fawcett, NUWSS, Pankhurst, Eleanor Rathbone
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O'Barr, Jean and Wyer, Mary.
Engaging Feminism: Students Speak Up and Speak Out
(Virginia UP, 1992).
Paperback. Fine. x + 168pp. Order No. NSBK-C11086
Keywords: 081391387X, higher education, education, educational, university, universities, colleges, academia, academe, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, graduates, undergraduates
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