1st Edition

Women and Employment in Nineteenth- to Early Twentieth-Century Britiain (ES 5-vol. set)

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The Industrial Revolution in Britain from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century had profound effects on social and economic conditions; the working conditions of women were not an exception. Trade for women which had been rather confined to a small area such as nurses or governesses changed and British society began to permit more opportunities for women to take jobs in trades which used to be... Read more

Biography

Josephine Butler, John Duguid Milne, Charles Eyre Pascoe, T.W. Berry