Symes, Ruth A.
It Runs in the Family:
(The History Press, 2013).
In the quest to uncover our family history, we turn to written records, the family album and even heirlooms. However, they can often be difficult to interpret and sometimes pose more questions than they answer: Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Why did great-grandfather wear a beard while his sons were clean-shaven? Why is my great-grandmother holding flowers in this photograph? Drawing on evidence from social history, women's history, and the histories of photography, art and fashion, and using examples from the lowly as well as the famous, Ruth Symes explores many aspects of ordinary life in the past - from the state of the nation's teeth, to the legal and economic connotations of wearing a wedding ring and even the business of keeping a dog. This fascinating volume aims to help family historians get to know their elusive ancestors by deciphering the wealth of personal and historical clues contained in photographs, documents and artefacts. Paperback. New book, fine. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-D15428
Keywords: 9780752497020, family history, family, families, Ruth Symes, genealogy, geneaolgical, social history, evidence, sources, research, women, old photographs, photography
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Cottrell, Robert. D.
The Grammar of Silence: A Reading of Marguerite de Navarre's Poetry
(Catholic Uni. America, 1986).
Hardback. Very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. xii + 338pp. Order No. NSBK-C4382
Keywords: 0813206154, Marguerite de Navarre, poetry, poets, women poets, France, French, women writers, Renaissance, literature, literary criticism, early modern history, history, early modern, fifteenth century, sixteent century, mystical literature, 15th century, 16th century, Christian poetry, Henry II
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Gardner, Alice.
A Short History of Newnham College Cambridge:
(Bowes and Bowes, 1921).
Hardback. A little soiling and splashing to blue cloth, spine faded, otherwise good and firm. 144pp. Order No. NSBK-C15726
Keywords: Cambridge, women, Newnham College, history, social history, Oxbridge, women's education, stored as antiquarian
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Rowntree, Isabella Ann.
Poems:
(Maurice L. Rowntree, 1930).
Scarce collection of poems by the Scarborough poet Isabella Ann Rowntree. With illustrations by Isobel M. and Eirene W. Rowntree, her grandchildren. Card covers. Some light foxing to pages, especially endpapers. Card covers lightly soiled, & yellowed with age at edges - but overall a good copy. 48pp. Order No. NSBK-C15951
Keywords: Scarborough, Yorkshire, women poets, woman poet, 1930s, thirties, Rowntrees, verse, North Yorkshire, social history, inter-war, antiquarian, poetry, inter war, Isabella Ann Rowntree, Isobel M. Rowntree, Eirene W. Rowntree, stored with booklets
Price £45.00.
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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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Evans, Mary, ed.
The Woman Question:
(Sage, 2nd ed., 1994).
Paperback. Back cover and last few pages creased, otherwise good+. viii + 384pp. Order No. NSBK-C130
Keywords: 080398748X, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, feminism, feminists
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Edgeworth, Maria.
Popular Tales:
(George Routledge, new edition, no date but late Victorian).
Light foxing. With 30 illustrations and 4 coloured plates by F. A. Fraser. (Sadly one of the illustrations is loose). Hardback. Red boards attractively decorated in gilt, green & black. Light wear to cloth, espec. at spine/edges, some splitting to hinges. Else a good copy, all edges gilt. ix + 436pp. Order No. NSBK-C8622
Keywords: B00I97APTW, Maria Edgeworth, Popular Tales, women writers, literature, fiction, stories, Maria Edgeworth's
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Lawrence, Elizabeth.
A Home on My Hands:
(Book Guild, 1992).
Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 139pp. Order No. NSBK-A13299
Keywords: 0863327869, narrowboats, narrowboat, boats, canals, canal boats, rural, agriculture, agricultural, history, countryside, villages, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, autobiography, autobiographies, women
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Davies, Margery W.
Woman's Place Is At The Typewriter: Office Work and Office Workers 1870-1830
(Temple University Press, 1982).
Hardback. Good in torn dustwrapper. x + 217pp. Order No. NSBK-C15504
Keywords: 0877222916, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, history, women's history, women's work, clerks, clerical, American, America, United States, US, USA, typewriters, typing, offices, office work, office workers, secretaries, secretarial
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Roberts, Diane.
The Myth of Aunt Jemima: Representations of Race and Region
(Routledge, 1994).
Paperback. Very good. x + 228pp. Order No. NSBK-A16112
Keywords: 9780415049191, hall, USA, race, ethnicity, women, black women, white women, social history, American, America
Price £12.50.
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