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  • Struggle and Suffrage in Leeds

    Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality

    de Tina Jackson ...
    The story of Leeds is bound up in the stories of its women workers. But what were conditions like for ordinary women, and how did their lives change in the hundred years between 1850 and 1950? Who were the women who toiled in the mills, factories and sweatshops that transformed the city's landscape? Where and how did they live? What did they do in their leisure time? What happened to them when ... Leer más

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  • Stories from the Chicken Foot House

    Stories from the Chicken Foot House is a collection of stories where stranger things can happen than might seem possible – it’s a collection of urban myths and fairytales for the kind of people who believe that the everyday can be extraordinary, and would rather wear Doctor Martens than be Disney princesses. ... Leer más

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    Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo

    WINNER OF THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014.Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution.Britain in 1963 – Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of a Conservative government, dedicated to tradition, hierarchy and, above all, old-fashioned ... Leer más

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  • Miss Muriel Matters

    The Australian actress who became one of London's most famous suffragists

    The Australian actress who became one of London's most famous suffragists.Discover the most inspiring woman you've never heard of ...In 1909, a young Australian actress made headlines around the world when she took to the sky over London in an airship emblazoned with the slogan 'Votes for Women' and dropped leaflets over the city. Muriel Matters was dubbed 'that daring Australian girl', and the ... Leer más

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  • Spider Woman

    A Life – by the former President of the Supreme Court

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    Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed. Spider Woman is her story.As 'a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the law because her headteacher told her she wasn't clever enough to study history. She became the most senior judge in the country but it was an unconventional ... Leer más

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  • A History of Britain in 21 Women

    A Personal Selection

    de Jenni Murray ...
    The bestselling history of Britain, told through twenty-one women whose lives enthral and beguile, intrigue and inspire‘Celebrates the defiant spirit of Britain’s groundbreaking heroines… Entertaining.’ Daily MailBritain has traditionally been defined by its conflicts, its conquests, its men and its monarchs. It’s high time that it was defined by its women. In this unique history, Jenni Murray ... Leer más

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  • The Perfect Summer

    England 1911, Just Before the Storm

    A "sparkling social history" that brings the twilight of the Edwardian era to life ( Entertainment Weekly).The Perfect Summer chronicles a glorious English summer just over a century ago, when the world was on the cusp of irrevocable change. That summer of 1911, a new king was crowned and the aristocracy was at play, bounding from one house party to the next. But perfection was not for all. Cracks ... Leer más

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  • Ladies Can’t Climb Ladders

    The Pioneering Adventures of the First Professional Women

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    It is a myth that either of the World Wars liberated women.The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern Britain. It marked at once political watershed and a social revolution; the point at which women of 21 and over were recognised in law as being as competent as men. But were they? What actually happened when this bill was passed? ... Leer más

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  • Ragged London

    The Life of London's Poor

    Ragged London describes life in the rookeries of London, where forty people would live together in one room. Although life was a constant struggle against famine, disease and violence, the people enjoyed a closeness that was moer than the result of overcrowding. Their lives were lived entirely within the 'mean streets' of their little corner of London. They were born and raised within the ... Leer más

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  • Women's Lives

    Researching Women's Social History, 1800–1939

    Series series How Your Ancestors Lived
    "Helps you put those in your female line into context, whether they were factory workers, Land Girls, aristocrats, or even criminals!" — Family History MonthlyWomen's lives have traditionally gone unrecorded in history. But housewives, factory girls and servants all had their own distinctive voices, and, if you know where to look, there are plenty of sources to explore.Jennifer Newby's guide to ... Leer más

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  • Life Below Stairs: The Real Lives of Servants, the Edwardian Era to 1939

    de Pamela Horn ...
    In 1931 domestic service remained the largest female occupation in Britain. We view it today as an undesirable job, owing to the class divide it has come to represent, and this is reflected in the portrayals of mistresses and servants in books and on the screen. However, it was seen as the perfect way to equip young women with the skills necessary to become good wives and mothers, and continues to ... Leer más

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  • Rise Up Women!

    The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes

    Marking the centenary of female suffrage, this definitive history charts women's fight for the vote through the lives of those who took part, in a timely celebration of an extraordinary struggleAn Observer Pick of 2018A Telegraph Book of 2018A New Statesman Book of 2018Between the death of Queen Victoria and the outbreak of the First World War, while the patriarchs o... ... Leer más

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