1st Edition
By the Sweat of Their Brow Women workers at Victorian Coal Mines
Acknowledgements
Preface 11
Part I: The Legacy 17
1. Below Ground 19
2. Exposition, Exclusion and Evasion 36
Part II: At the Pit Brow 67
3. The Daily Work 69
4. The Headquarters 97
Part III: The Test Case 133
5. The Confluence of Opinion 135
6. A Pit Brow Protest? 166
Conclusion 216
Epilogue 224
Appendix I: Munby’s Visits to Pit Women 234
Appendix II: The Open Door Policy 236
Bibliographical Note 238
Index 239
Biography
Authored by John, Angela V.
‘Dr John’s sympathetic yet critical writing is well set into the broader context of the late nineteenth century women’s campaign and succeeds in bringing a little-known topic to the attention of historians in a lively and informative way.’ – Kenneth D Brown, The Times Higher Education Supplement
‘Angela John, in her exciting and wide-ranging study, has restored the centrality of what was always a small percentage of the total mining force to our understanding of Victorian society.’ David Smith, Welsh History Review
‘Angela John’s book fills one of the many important gaps in our knowledge women workers in the Victorian period.’ – Frances Widdowson, Women’s Research and Resources Centre, London
