Feminism, Femininity and the Politics of Working Women


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This text discusses the development of the Women's Co-operative Guild from the 1880s to World War II. Charting the rise and fall of a feminist organization, the author assesses its political significance and examines the causes of its demise.







Armed with Swords & Scales


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Explores how local courtrooms have been a common feature of everyday life and culture since the eighteenth century.







Minutes of Proceedings


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References of Divorce


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Minutes of Evidence given before the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire


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The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has a leading national role in developing and promoting understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, as the originator, curator and supplier of authoritative information for individual, corporate and governmental decision makers, researchers, and the general public.




Love and Toil : Motherhood in Outcast London, 1870-1918


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The history of the British working class has until recently been written with a focus on the workplace or on such male organizations as clubs, unions or national political parties. This study of mothers in London before World War I stresses the distinctiveness of their experiences from those of other classes, and of the post World War I period, and demonstrates the ways in which mothers and their domestic choices were essential to the survival and cultural perpetuation of the working classes.