Black, Clementina.
A New Way of Housekeeping:
(W. Collins, 1st edition, 1918).
Rare first edition copy of this ground-breaking work. For the collector. Women employed in housekeeping; changes in domestic standards; why not be servantless?; the distaste for domestic service; labour-making houses; domestic federations; reconstructed domestic service; the motor as emancipator; waste of labour; women who do domestic work without aptitude or satisfaction; service of women needed by the country. Clementina Black urges a reorganisation of household duties, in order to free women from domestic drudgery. In her utopian vision of 'co-operative housekeeping', women would be released from the wasted effort of housework and made available for the labour market, which was now so very depleted of men after the Great War. She criticises the 'stupidity' of 'labour-making houses', and questions the continuing validity of the employment of domestic servants in the modern age. Her solution is to propose the formation of 'domestic federations'. These would represent committees of householders who would collectively manage their domestic arrangements in a centre 'fitted up with store places, kitchens, dining-rooms, offices, and lodgings for a nucleus of resident servants'. Hardback. Original cloth covered in small dark and white blotches, corners worn and spine split, text firm. A good working copy only. 132pp. Order No. NSBK-C4960
Keywords: Great War, First World War, World War I, social history, class, middle classes, middle class, domesticity, servants, domestic servants, maid, maids, housemaids, housekeeping, Clementina Black, labour-making houses, homes, houses, domestic service, twentieth century, interwar, inter-war, inter war, Homes for Heroes, housing, domestic standards, etiquette, women, domestic work, labour, working women, women's history, chores, co-operative housekeeping, domestic federations, cooperative housekeeping, co-operatives, co-operation, cooperation, Women's Industrial Council, labour-saving, labour market, labor, labour shortage, housework, utopianism, utopian, stored with antiquarian
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Black, Clementina.
A New Way of Housekeeping:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2004 facsimile of 1918 text).
Clementina Black (1854 - 1922) was a campaigner committed to improving the plight of working women. In this work of 1918, she urges a reorganisation of household duties, in order to free women from domestic drudgery. In her utopian vision of 'co-operative housekeeping', women would be released from the wasted effort of housework and made available for the labour market, which was now so very depleted of men after the Great War. She criticises the 'stupidity' of 'labour-making houses', and questions the continuing validity of the employment of domestic servants in the modern age. Her solution is to propose the formation of 'domestic federations'. These would represent committees of householders who would collectively manage their domestic arrangements in a centre 'fitted up with store places, kitchens, dining-rooms, offices, and lodgings for a nucleus of resident servants'. Examples of material included: women employed in housekeeping; changes in domestic standards; why not be servantless?; the distaste for domestic service; labour-making houses; domestic federations; reconstructed domestic service; the motor as emancipator; waste of labour; women who do domestic work without aptitude or satisfaction; service of women needed by the country. Paperback. New book, fine. x + 132pp. Order No. NSBK-C7548
Keywords: 0954476123, Great War, First World War, World War I, social history, class, middle classes, middle class, domesticity, servants, domestic servants, maid, maids, housemaids, housekeeping, Clementina Black, labour-making houses, homes, houses, domestic service, twentieth century, interwar, inter-war, inter war, Homes for Heroes, housing, domestic standards, etiquette, women, domestic work, labour, working women, women's history, chores, co-operative housekeeping, domestic federations, cooperative housekeeping, co-operatives, co-operation, cooperation, Women's Industrial Council, labour-saving, labour market, labor, labour shortage, housework, utopianism, utopian, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Portrayer reprints, Portrayer facsimiles, new titles
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Simon, E.D.
The Anti-Slum Campaign:
(Longmans, 2nd Impression, 1933).
Very scarce. Hardback. Cloth sun faded and worn at edges, internally good. viii + 206pp. Order No. NSBK-A4069
Keywords: B000KYQ3D4, Manchester, slums, anti-slum campaign, housing, cities, urban history, North West, England, English, Britain, British, Addison Act, rents, Greenwood Act, town planning, urbanisation, conurbation, dwellings, houses, building, city, local government, local authorities, Chamberlain Act, Wheatley Act, Hilton Young Acts, slum clearance, housing shortage, tenants, Homes for Heroes, Simons, E.D. Simon, Ernest Simon, poverty, poor
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Fulford, Roger.
Votes for Women:
(Faber and Faber, 1957).
Hardback. Good in worn, chipped dustwrapper. 343pp. Order No. NSBK-A14433
Keywords: B0025AIW62, women's suffrage, suffragettes, history, Votes for Women, emancipation
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Clifford-Smith, J.L.
Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science: Manchester Meeting, 1879
(Longmans Green, 1880).
Hardback. Spine is rather worn with some loss to spine cover at both ends. Corners rubbed, original embossed cloth otherwise good, contents solid. 820pp. Order No. NSBK-C15306
Keywords: B00EBVKBRQ, Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, social history, Victorian, nineteenth century, 19th, antiquarian
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Victorian Ministry for the Arts, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The Visual Arts in Victoria: a Survey
(CSR Limited, 1975).
Paperback. Covers creased, with some wear to spine and edges, otherwise good. 48pp. Order No. NSBK-A13968
Keywords: B001E52CAQ, Melbourne, Australia, Australian, history, arts, visual arts, paintings, Victorian, Victoria, survey, Victorian Ministry for the Arts, art catalogues, Australian art galleries
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Department of Education, Strathclyde Regional Council.
Scottish Women and the Vote: Sources for the History of the Women's Suffrage Movement in Scotland
(Strathclyde Regional Council).
Ringbound A4-size folder. A very useful collection of printed source material on the history of the women's suffrage movement in Scotland, with an emphasis on Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Ringbound folder. Very good. 224pp. Order No. NSBK-C15728
Keywords: Scottish women, Scotland, sources, Votes for Women, suffragettes, suffrage, suffragette, social history, Scots, politics, Leah Leneman, West of Scotland, Western Scotland, Glasgow, WSPU, stored in antiquarian
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Enamel Reproduction Suffragette Badge, Waving Flag Design.
Votes For Women Modern Replica Badge, W.S.P.U:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2004).
Votes For Women: waving flag badge. High quality modern reproduction enamel badge. (Hard enamel type finish, no epoxy sealing). Size: 28mm wide by 25mm tall (approx). Waving flag-shaped. In purple, white and green (the colours of the suffragette campaign). Brass back and gold-plated safety-pin with safe locking ring to rear. This badge is a replica of an original of the period, shaped as a tricolour-style waving flag. The words "Votes for Women" occupy one word per colour, per line. Presented inside a small poly-bag. Badge. New, fine - wrapped in polythene wrapper. pp. Order No. NSBK-C8167
Keywords: B002HJHDQQ, Votes For Women, suffrage, woman suffrage, pin, button, badge, pin back, pinback, pins, suffragette, suffragettes, suffragettes' badges, badges, suffragist, suffragists, women, women's history, women history, social history, WSPU, Women's Social and Political Union, enamel, enamels, jewellery, jewelry, women's suffrage, political women, politics, England, English, Britain, British, Christmas gifts, Portrayer Publishers, suffragette ephemera
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Reproduction Suffragette Badge, .
Votes for Women Fellowship: To Spread the Light
(Portrayer Publishers, 2013).
Circular in shape. Diameter: 2.5cm. Attractive plated metal brooch / badge with firm safety-pin fitment at the rear for affixing to clothes. Badge colours are red, white and blue, and woman holds a lantern aloft in the image. Brand new replica, in fine condition. pp. Order No. NSBK-C15292
Keywords: suffragette ephemera, suffragettes, woman suffrage, women's movement, badges, brooches, jewellery, replica, reproduction, Votes for Women
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Reid, Marion.
A Plea for Woman: Being a Vindication of the Importance and Extent of her Natural Sphere of Action With Remarks on Recent Works on the Subject
(William Tait, Edinburgh, 1843).
Hardback. PLEASE NOTE: This is a photocopy only, in a scuffed, edge-worn library binding, with usual library stamps and markings. Otherwise good. 227pp. Order No. NSBK-C14887
Keywords: B00088M4IK, Mrs Hugo Reid, Marion Reid, plea for woman, history, rights, women's rights, duties, domesticity, education
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