An edition of Women alone
(2001)
Women alone
spinsters in England, 1660-1850
by Bridget Hill
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"We know very little about spinsters in earlier times, for the stigma attached to the unmarried state often rendered these women almost invisible. Now this book opens a window into the lives of English spinsters in the mid-seventeenth to mid-nineteenth centuries, assessing the opportunities open to them and the restrictions placed upon them within different social classes, occupations and periods."--BOOK JACKET.
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17th century, 19th century, 18th century| Edition | Availability |
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Women Alone: Spinsters in Britain 1660-1850
2013, Yale University Press, Yale University Press UK SR
in English
0300198019 9780300198010
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Women alone: spinsters in England, 1660-1850
2001, Yale University Press
in English
0300088205 9780300088205
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Table of Contents
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-211) and index.
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