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Author Sutherland, Gillian, author.
Title In search of the new woman : middle-class women and work in Britain, 1870-1914 / Gillian Sutherland.
Publisher Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.



Descript 1 online resource (xi,187 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Note Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. 'A sort of bogey whom no-one has ever seen'? The nature of the search; 2. 'All that she sees before her... is teaching'; formal schooling and its opportunities; 3. 'The exercise of what may be termed her maternal faculties'; public service and 'caring' occupations; 4. 'Impossible for a lady to remain a lady'; art, literature and the theatre; 5. 'The real social divide existed between those who... dirtied hands and face and those who did not': women white collar workers (I); 6. 'A beggarly makeshift, but for me it was wealth beyond price': women white collar workers (II); 7. Ladies and women; 8. Some conclusions: degrees of freedom; Sources and select bibliography.
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ISBN 9781316137000 (ebook)
9781107092792 (hardback)
9781107467347 (paperback)
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Author Sutherland, Gillian, author.
Subject Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Middle class women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Middle class women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Women employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Women employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Women white collar workers -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Women white collar workers -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Descript 1 online resource (xi,187 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Note Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. 'A sort of bogey whom no-one has ever seen'? The nature of the search; 2. 'All that she sees before her... is teaching'; formal schooling and its opportunities; 3. 'The exercise of what may be termed her maternal faculties'; public service and 'caring' occupations; 4. 'Impossible for a lady to remain a lady'; art, literature and the theatre; 5. 'The real social divide existed between those who... dirtied hands and face and those who did not': women white collar workers (I); 6. 'A beggarly makeshift, but for me it was wealth beyond price': women white collar workers (II); 7. Ladies and women; 8. Some conclusions: degrees of freedom; Sources and select bibliography.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781316137000 (ebook)
9781107092792 (hardback)
9781107467347 (paperback)
Author Sutherland, Gillian, author.
Subject Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Middle class women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Middle class women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Women employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Women employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Women white collar workers -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Women white collar workers -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

Subject Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Middle class women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Middle class women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Women employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Women employees -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Women white collar workers -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Women white collar workers -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Descript 1 online resource (xi,187 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Note Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. 'A sort of bogey whom no-one has ever seen'? The nature of the search; 2. 'All that she sees before her... is teaching'; formal schooling and its opportunities; 3. 'The exercise of what may be termed her maternal faculties'; public service and 'caring' occupations; 4. 'Impossible for a lady to remain a lady'; art, literature and the theatre; 5. 'The real social divide existed between those who... dirtied hands and face and those who did not': women white collar workers (I); 6. 'A beggarly makeshift, but for me it was wealth beyond price': women white collar workers (II); 7. Ladies and women; 8. Some conclusions: degrees of freedom; Sources and select bibliography.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781316137000 (ebook)
9781107092792 (hardback)
9781107467347 (paperback)

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