Women's language and experience, 1500-1940
Subtitle: women's diaries and related sources
Publisher: Adam Matthew Publications
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
Language: eng
Format: [microform] :
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Women; Diaries; History; Sources; Biography; Archives; English Manuscripts
Notes: The collection brings together sources from the local record offices of England, Scotland and Wales, providing an overview of the condition of women in Britain from 1500-1940. It includes diaries, commonplace books, travel journals and letters, describing women's lives and experiences in their own languages. The 18th cetury is particularly well covered.

Accompanied by printed reel guides.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Sources from the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire County Records Offices (16 reels); title: pt. 2. Sources from the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire County Record Offices (24 reels); title: pt. 3. Sources from Suffolk County Record Office and Cambridge University Library; title: pt. 4. Sources from the National Library of Scotland and the National Library of Wales; title: pt. 5. Sources from Essex Record Office (20 reels); title: pt. 6. Wiltshire Record Office (26 reels)