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Author Long, Jane, 1960-

Title Conversations in cold rooms : women, work, and poverty in nineteenth-century Northumberland / Jane Long
Published [London] : Royal Historical Society ; Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 1999

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Description xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Royal Historical Society studies in history.. New series, 0269-2244
Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series.
Contents Introduction: conversations in cold rooms -- 1. Constructing femininity: women, work and poverty -- 2. Invading bodies: gender and danger in Newcastle -- 3. 'You are forced to do something for a living': women and white-lead work -- 4. 'A fine race of women': Northumbrian bondagers -- 5. Regulating poverty, regulating gender: the administration of poor relief -- 6. Being 're-made' and 'making do': working-class women and philanthropy
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-236) and index
Subject Charities -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
Poor women -- Employment -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
Poor women -- Services for -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
Poor women -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
Poverty -- England -- Northumberland -- History -- 19th century.
SUBJECT Northumberland (England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79138911 -- Economic conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011403
Author Royal Historical Society (Great Britain)
LC no. 98045076
ISBN 0861932404 (hardcover : alk. paper)