Autor: Penelope Lane

Despite the considerable volume of research into various aspects of the social and economic, cultural and political history of eighteenth-century British towns, remarkably little has focused upon, or …

Despite the considerable volume of research into various aspects of the social and economic, cultural and political history of eighteenth-century British towns, remarkably little has focused upon, or …

Women’s employment was significant both for its contribution to industrialisation and to family economies; its range and the rewards are explored. Women’s work is recognised as fundamental to the ind …