Marsh, E. L.
Laundry Work: In Theory and Practice
(Longmans, Green & Co, 1914).
With illustrations. Hardback. External condition poor, spine cover flapping loose, cloth worn/marked/blotched, a working copy. xiii + 205pp. Order No. NSBK-A11180
Keywords: B000877ELI, laundry, laundry work, launderesses, women's work, women and work, domestic, domesticity, washing, ironing, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, twentieth century, 20th, cleaning, mangling, cotton, linen
Price £8.00.
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Sambrook, Pamela.
Laundry Bygones:
(Shire, 1983).
Paperback. Vert good. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-C15500
Keywords: 0852636482, laundry, washing, clothes, women's work, women, Victorian, nineteenth century
Price £3.00.
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Henny, E. and Byett, J. D.
Modern Home Laundrywork:
(J.M. Dent and Sons, rpt., 1948).
Illustrated with photographs and drawings of different types of laundry equipment, methods of folding items of clothing etc. Hardback. Good. x + 181pp. Order No. NSBK-A10644
Keywords: women, women's history, homes, Britain, British, homekeeping, housekeeping, housewifery, England, English, twentieth century, 20th, laundry, washing, stains, cotton, linen, fabrics, cleaning, rayon, nylon, family wash, domestic, domesticity, laundrywork, reagents, equipment, water, soap, women's work, textiles, housewife, housewives, clothes, clothing
Price £7.00.
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White, Florence, ed.
How to Wash Clothes at Home: Containing Simple and Complete Instructions
(Florence White, 1901).
An advice book, recommending the best methods of carrying out laundry work. A very interesting one of its kind, with illustrations and lots of detail of interest to the social historian. Paperback. Original covers slightly soiled and creased at edges, otherwise good+. 96pp. Order No. NSBK-C15121
Keywords: clothes, clothing, washing clothes, laundry, laundry work, working women, domesticity, antiquarian, social history, ironing, starching, booklets, boiling, advice books, linen, booklet, booklets
Price £24.00.
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Watts, A. G.
Education, Unemployment and the Future of Work:
(Open University Press, 1983).
Paperback. Front cover slightly creased, otherwise very good. vi + 218pp. Order No. NSBK-A8590
Keywords: 0335104118, education, employment, unemployment, work, curriculum, Britain, British, England, English
Price £6.00.
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Pfeiffer, Mrs.
Women and Work: An Essay Treating on The Relation to Health and Physical Development of the Higher Education of Girls, and the Intellectual or More Systemised Effort of Women
(Trubner and Co, 1888).
Original. Paperback. Covers fairly heavily stained, flyleaf loose, otherwise a sound copy. 186pp. Order No. NSBK-C15327
Keywords: B00086FRF4, women, women and work, Victorian, nineteenth century, physical, health
Price £22.00.
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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
Price £15.00.
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Wightman, Clare.
More than Munitions: Women, Work and the Engineering Institutions, 1900-1950
(Longman, 1999).
Paperback. A little soiling to page edges, otherwise good+. viii + 207pp. Order No. NSBK-C7738
Keywords: 9780582414358, munitions, women, gender, work, employment, jobs, employees, engineering, engineers, twentieth century, factories, factory, industry, industries, world wars, Second World War, World War 1, One, I, World War Two, II, 2, Britain, British, England, English, history
Price £15.99.
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Hamilton, Mary Agnes.
The Labour Party Today: What it is, and How it Works
(Labour Book Service, 1939).
Scarce. With a section on women. Hardback. Some foxing, otherwise very good. 95pp. Order No. NSBK-A1948
Keywords: B000LE439Y, Mary Agnes Hamilton, Hamilton, trade union, Labour party, party politics, politics, Britain, British, England, English, history, women's history, trade unionism, women and work , women's work, labor, labour, trade unions
Price £5.00.
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Bridger, Anne and Jordan, Ellen.
Timely Assistance: The Work of the Society for Promoting the Training of Women 1859 - 2009
(SPTW, 2009).
Paperback. Very good. 172pp. Order No. NSBK-C15677
Keywords: 9780956244901, training, women, work, education, history, employment
Price £7.99.
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