Women surviving
By: [edited by] Maria Luddy and Cliona Murphy.
Contributors: Luddy, Maria.; Murphy, Cliona.
Publisher: Poolbeg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Women -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century.; Women -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.; Women -- Ireland -- Social conditions.; Ireland -- Social conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-273) and index.
Subtitle on cover: Studies in Irish women's history in the 19th & 20th centuries.
Table of contents: title: Cherchez la femme / Maria Luddy, Cliona Murphy; title: The limits of female autonomy / Caitríona Clear; title: Prostitution and rescue work in nineteenth century Ireland / Maria Luddy; title: Breadwinners and providers / Mary Cullen; title: Workhouses and Irish female paupers, 1840-70 / Dympna McLoughlin; title: Life for domestic servants in Dublin, 1880-1920 / Mona Hearn; title: The tune of the stars and stripes / Cliona Murphy; title: Aspects of women's contribution to the Oireachtas debate in the Irish Free State, 1922-37 / Mary Clancy; title: Fullness of life / Margaret MacCurtain.