Title: Conversations in cold rooms
First published: 1999
Description: "In what ways did gender influence the shape of poverty, and of poor women's work, in Victorian England? This book explores the problem in the context of nineteenth-century Northumberland, examining urban and rural conditions for women, poor relief debates and practices, philanthropic activity, working-class cultures, and 'protective' intervention in women's employment."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History, Poor women, Services for, Employment, Charities, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Women's Studies, Great britain, history, 19th century, Women, great britain, Relief Work, Poverty, Feminism, Working Women, History, 19th Century
Places: Northumberland, England
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: HQ1599.E5 L66 1999