Struggle and Suffrage in Huddersfield
Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality
Erschienen am 30. Oktober 2018
168 Seiten
978-1-5267-1280-6 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
If you've ever wondered how life changed so much for women over the hundred years between 1850 and 1950, this is a great introduction. During this period, women went from being seen as merely possessions of their fathers or husbands to being individuals who had the right to own property, to enter the professions and to keep the proceeds of their employment. They gained access to education and began to take part in the running of local councils, leading eventually to becoming part of the Government of the country.Focussing on women in Huddersfield during these years, the stories range from the well-known ladies who were instrumental in obtaining the vote for women or led the much needed work to support the armed forces during both world wars to those who simply battled to keep their families fed, clothed and healthy during all the changes of those momentous years.
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Inhalt
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Family Life
- Marriage
- Maternity and childcare
- Feeding the family
- Keeping house
- Education
- Changing family patterns
- Chapter Two: Quality of Life
- Poverty and the workhouse
- The Board of Health
- Medical practitioners
- Medical care in Huddersfield
- Treatment of the disabled
- Pensions
- Chapter Three: Working Life
- Domestic service
- Local businesses
- Textiles
- Shop work
- Office work
- Trade unions
- Travel and transport
- Chapter Four: Political Life
- Local government
- Votes for women
- Chapter Five: Community Life
- Women's organisations and the Embryonic Welfare State
- Religion
- Plate section
- Chapter Six: Legal Life
- As a criminal
- In prison
- As law enforcers
- Chapter Seven: Social Life
- Shopping
- Fashion
- Arts
- Sports
- Entertainment
- Chapter Eight: Impact of War
- The South African (Boer) War
- The First World War
- The Second World War
- Chapter Nine: A Moving Population
- Emigration
- Immigration
- Irish
- Jews
- Polish
- Commonwealth countries
- Bibliography
- Endnotes
- Index
- Back Cover
