Women and the making of built space in England 1870 1950 Introduction: Making space and re making history Elizabeth Darling and Lesley Whitworth Gender citizenship and the making of the modern environment Helen Meller The Hill sisters : cultural philanthropy and the embellishment of lives in late nineteenth century England Anne Anderson and Elizabeth Darling A novelty among exhibitions : the Loan Exhibition of Womens Industries Bristol 1885 Emma Ferry Everything whispers of wealth and luxury : observation emulation and display in the well to do late Victorian home Trevor Keeble Women rent collectors and the rewriting of class and gender in East London 1870 1900 Ruth Livesey Gendering the politics of the working womans home Karen Hunt The house that is a womans book come true : the All Europe House and four womens spatial practices in inter war England Elizabeth Darling Part time practice as before : the career of Sadie Speight architect Jill Seddon Workshops fit for homeworkers : the Womens Co operative Guild and housing reform in mid twentieth century Britain Gillian Scott The Housewives Committee of the Council of Industrial Design : a brief episode of domestic reconnoitring Lesley Whitworth