Conversations in Cold Rooms: Women, Work and Poverty in Nineteenth-Century Northumberland

by Jane Long

A study of poor women in 19c Northumberland, showing how their poverty was exacerbated by their gender and by prevailing attitudes towards women.

In what ways did gender influence the shape of poverty, and of poor women's work, in Victorian England? This book explores the issue in the context of nineteenth-century Northumberland, examining urban and rural conditions for women, poor relief debates and practices, philanthropic activity, working-class...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0861932404
• ISBN13: 9780861932405
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Royal Historical Society
• Length: 253 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"