The Women's Movement and Women's Employment in Nineteenth Century Britain (Routledge Research in Gender and History)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: July 27, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780415189514
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Labour economics; Women's studies; c 1800 to c 1900; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Women's Studies - History; History / General; 19th century; Employment; Feminism; Great Britain; History; Social conditions; Women
First sentence: In the Britain of the 1840s the conditions in the two main occupations entered by middle-class women, those of governess and dressmaker, roused considerable public attention.