Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 20th Century: Hannah's Daughter Volume 2

by Margaret Hedley

Life in the early twentieth-century coalmining communities changed very little for the women who dedicated their lives to their miner husbands. The women's working days were much longer than the miners, who typically worked an 8-hour shift. Their living conditions were poor and lack of investment by the coal owners greatly challenged their homemaking skills as they faced life without many basics, such as clean water and sewerage systems...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750995041
• ISBN13: 9780750995047
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages