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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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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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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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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Aronson, Hugh.
Our Village Homes: Present Conditions and Suggested Remedies
(Thomas Murby, 1913).
With a preface by Lord Henry Bentinck. Hardback. Cloth rather soiled, some rubbing / fraying to extremities, otherwise a good solid copy. x + 150pp. Order No. NSBK-A13844
Keywords: B001IVIPUM, villages, village, history, town planning, housing, houses, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, housing schemes, social history, housing conditions, homes, rural areas, countryside, health, rural depopulation, agriculture, labourers' cottages, cottage, Hugh Aronson, social conditions, architecture, house building
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Strachey, Ray.
Women's Suffrage and Women's Service: the History of the London and National Society for Women's Service
(L.&N. Soc.Women's Service, 1927).
Scarce. With illustrations. Hardback. Card covers darkened and rather soiled, edges and corners worn, internally good, solid. 36pp. Order No. NSBK-C4709
Keywords: B003VY8QRG, history, London and National Society for Women's Service, suffrage, women's suffrage, enfranchisement, Votes for Women, Britain, British, England, English, woman suffrage, politics, Ray Strachey, Emily Davies, Mrs Henry Fawcett, Millicent Fawcett, Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, suffragette, political, women's movement, Victorian, equality, Edwardian, society, women's societies, Rachel Strachey, Mrs Oliver Strachey, suffragettes, original suffragette ephemera
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Marc, Elizabeth.
With Pucker to the Arctic: A Story for Young Readers
(Thomas Nelson, n.d).
Hardback. Light soiling to cloth and rubbing to edges, slight foxing, otherwise good. vii + 264pp. Order No. NSBK-A10418
Keywords: Arctic, nineteenth century, 19th, Victorian, literature, children, children's writing, writing for children
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Pack of 10 Suffragette Greetings Cards, .
Woman Warrior. Advert for the Suffragette, Edited by Christabel Pankhurst: WSPU. 1d Weekly
(Portrayer Publishers, 2009).
Pack of 10 greetings cards (all featuring the same design). Card measurements are 6 inches high by 4 inches wide. Blank interiors for your own message or for any occasion. The image is printed in vibrant lithographic colours and is taken from a suffragette poster advertising The Suffragette Newspaper, edited by Christabel Pankhurst. Image (in purple, brown, green, and white) shows Justice, a woman warrior in armour, holding a WSPU flag. Please note that the sample electronic image, unlike the cards themselves, is watermarked and reduced in quality, to prevent image theft. Brand new, fine. pp. Order No. NSBK-C14452
Keywords: suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, women's rights, Votes for Women, women and politics, women's politics, politics, Britain, British, England, English, history, greeting card, greeting cards, cards, suffragette images, suffragettes, propaganda, envelopes, suffrage imagery, card, picture, pictures, cartoons, art, artist, artists, suffragette art, art, arts, artistry, illustration, illustrations, twentieth century, 20th century, twentieth century, portrayer, portrayer publishers, suffragette greetings cards, greetings card, Christmas gifts, suffragette ephemera, new
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