Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction PART 1: WORKING-CLASS WOMEN, 1800-1860 Work Politics, Community and Protest Families, Relationships and Home Life PART 2: MIDDLE-CLASS AND UPPER-CLASS WOMEN, 1800-1860 Work Politics, Community and Protest Families, Relationships and Home Life PART 3: WORKING-CLASS WOMEN, 1860-1900 Work Politics, Community and Protest Families, Relationships and Home Life PART 4: MIDDLE-CLASS AND UPPER-CLASS WOMEN, 1860-1900 Work Politics, Community and Protest Families, Relationships and Home Life Conclusion Notes and References Further Reading Index.

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'...an excellent synthesis...this volume...is the best presentation of scholarship of the last 30 years.' - Choice 'A comprehensive study written in a style which is accessible to students.' - Mrs S.M. Johnson, University College Worcester '...a well written, coherent survey...Students and faculty alike will appreciate the lively and succinct style.' - Sandra J. Peacock, Albion 'This is a succinct and neatly structured synthesis of recent research into the live of nineteenth-century British women.' - Welsh History Review

About the Author

KATHRYN GLEADLE holds a British Academy Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at London Guildhall University.

Reviews

'...an excellent synthesis...this volume...is the best presentation of scholarship of the last 30 years.' - Choice 'A comprehensive study written in a style which is accessible to students.' - Mrs S.M. Johnson, University College Worcester '...a well written, coherent survey...Students and faculty alike will appreciate the lively and succinct style.' - Sandra J. Peacock, Albion 'This is a succinct and neatly structured synthesis of recent research into the live of nineteenth-century British women.' - Welsh History Review