Hostel, House and Chambers: Accommodating the Victorian and Edwardian Working Woman

by Emily Gee

This book is the first comprehensive study of the campaigns to house a new generation of working women, the specialized design and interiors of the buildings, and the women whose lives were changed by this remarkable architectural movement. The rapid rise after 1900 of women working as clerks, secretaries and shorthand typists in London and other cities created an urgent need for affordable and respectable accommodation. Building on models of elegant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 183624455X
• ISBN13: 9781836244554
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Historic England
• Length: 176 Pages