Women alone: spinsters in England, 1660 - 1850

Single women in agriculture -- Single women in manufacturing -- Single women in business -- Teachers, governesses and ladies' companions -- Spinsters who stayed at home -- Spinsters and learned ladies -- The poor spinster and the poor law -- Crime, prostitution and the single woman -- The surv...

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1. VerfasserIn: Hill, Bridget (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: New Haven London Yale University Press c 2001
In:Jahr: 2001
Rezensionen:[Rezension von: Hill, Bridget, Women Alone, Spinsters in England, 1660-1850] (2003) (Skeeters, Martha)
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B England / Ledige Frau / Geschichte 1660-1850
weitere Schlagwörter:B Single women (Great Britain) Social conditions 19th century
B Single women Great Britain Social conditions 18th century
B Single women Great Britain Social conditions 19th century
B Single women (Great Britain) Social conditions 17th century
B Single women Great Britain Social conditions 17th century
B Single women (Great Britain) Social conditions 18th century
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Zusammenfassung:Single women in agriculture -- Single women in manufacturing -- Single women in business -- Teachers, governesses and ladies' companions -- Spinsters who stayed at home -- Spinsters and learned ladies -- The poor spinster and the poor law -- Crime, prostitution and the single woman -- The surveillance of single women -- Ways of escape -- Religion and the spinster -- Friendship and pastimes
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (S. [205] - 211) and index
ISBN:0300088205