240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
Covering the period from the beginning of the twentieth century to the outbreak of the First World War, this entertaining account describes the lives of women in all classes of society: the entertainments they watched, the clothes they wore, their education and the effect it had on women’s magazines, the work they did and the rise of the ‘office’ as the Mecca for working women. The author also... Read more
1. The Edge of the Volcano 2. The Yellow Rich 3. ‘Pretty Faces and Large Fortunes’ 4. ‘A Goddess to Many’ 5. Militants from Manchester 6. Ten Shillings a Week 7. The Countess of Gaiety 8. The Kingdom of Fashion 9. One in Every Four 10. Chief Cooks and Lady Helps 11. The Marriage Question 12. The English Miss 13. No Votes for Women... 14. ...And Chastity for Men
Biography
Duncan Crow
