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Author Ross, Ellen

Title Slum Travelers : Ladies and London Poverty, 1860-1920
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (345 pages)
Contents Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; MAP OF LONDON IN 1888; INTRODUCTION: Adventures among the Poor; 1. "Sketch of Life in Buildings," 1889: "A LADY RESIDENT"; 2. "White Slavery in London," 1888: ANNIE (WOOD) BESANT; 3. From Makers of Our Clothes, 1909: CLEMENTINA BLACK AND ADELE (LADY CARL) MEYER; 4. "Marriage in East London," 1895: HELEN (DENDY) BOSANQUET; 5. From Munition Lasses, 1917: AGNES KATE FOXWELL; 6. "A School Settlement," 1911: CLARA ELLEN GRANT; 7. "Barmaids," 1889: MARGARET HARKNESS
8. "In a London Tramp Ward," 1906: MARY (KINGSLAND) HIGGS9. "The Fur-Pullers of South London," 1897: EDITH (MRS. F.G.) HOGG; 10. From A London Plane-Tree, and Other Verse, 1889: AMY LEVY; 11. "A Slum Mother" (1908) and "Guy and the Stars" (1919): MARGARET MCMILLAN; 12. "Gilding the Gutter," 1905: OLIVE CHRISTIAN MALVERY; 13. "The Irresponsibility of the Father," 1918: ANNA MARTIN; 14. "Eating the Apple," 1899: HONNOR MORTEN; 15. "The Evacuation of the Workhouse," 1918: MARGARET WYNNE NEVINSON; 16. Selections from The Woman's Dreadnought, 1916-1917: SYLVIA PANKHURST
17. From The Pudding Lady, 1910: FLORENCE PETTY18. Selections from The Missing Link Magazine, 1878: ELLEN HENRIETTA RANYARD; 19. Selections from Round about a Pound a Week, 1913: MAUD PEMBER REEVES; 20. "Drunkenness," 1878: MAUDE ALETHEA STANLEY; 21. From London Street Arabs, 1890: DOROTHY TENNANT (LADY STANLEY); 22. "Petticoat-Lane," 1895: ETHEL BRILLIANA (MRS. ALEC) TWEEDIE; 23. "An Epiphany Pilgrimage," 1906: KATE WARBURTON; 24. "Pages from a Work-Girl's Diary," 1888: BEATRICE (POTTER) WEBB; APPENDIX 1: The Geography of London Wealth and Poverty; APPENDIX 2: The Texts Arranged Thematically
Glossary of terms, institutions, and organizationsa; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; l; m; n; o; p; s; t; w; index; a; b; c; d; e; f; g; h; i; j; k; l; m; n; o; p; q; r; s; t; u; v; w; y
Summary Late-nineteenth-century Britain saw the privileged classes forsake society balls and gatherings to turn their considerable resources to investigating and relieving poverty. By the 1890s at least half a million women were involved in philanthropy, particularly in London. Slum Travelers, edited, annotated, and with a superb introduction by Ellen Ross, collects a fascinating array of the writings of these "lady explorers," who were active in the east, south, and central London slums from around 1870 until the end of World War I. Contributors range from the well known, including Annie Besant, Sylv
Analysis annie besant
anthology
anthropologists
beatrice potter webb
british history
british society
british writers
class differences
discussion books
england
english ladies
europe
gender norms
gender studies
great britain
historians
historical
late 19th century
london slums
london
lower classes
philanthropists
philanthropy
poor
poverty relief
poverty
slum life
sylvia pankhurst
urban poverty
wealth and culture
wealth
world war i
wwi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Women social reformers -- England -- London -- History
Women social reformers -- England -- London -- Biography
Women in charitable work -- England -- London -- History
Poor -- Services for -- England -- London -- History
Social problems -- England -- London -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Poor -- Services for
Social conditions
Social problems
Women in charitable work
Women social reformers
Armut
Frau
SUBJECT London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
London (England) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Subject England -- London
London
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Anthologie.
Erlebnisbericht.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006036218
ISBN 9780520940055
0520940059
1282358626
9781282358621
9780520249059
0520249054
9780520249066
0520249062
9786612358623
6612358629