Symes, Ruth A.
It Runs in the Family:
(The History Press, 2013).
In the quest to uncover our family history, we turn to written records, the family album and even heirlooms. However, they can often be difficult to interpret and sometimes pose more questions than they answer: Why didn't my ancestors smile for the camera? Why did great-grandfather wear a beard while his sons were clean-shaven? Why is my great-grandmother holding flowers in this photograph? Drawing on evidence from social history, women's history, and the histories of photography, art and fashion, and using examples from the lowly as well as the famous, Ruth Symes explores many aspects of ordinary life in the past - from the state of the nation's teeth, to the legal and economic connotations of wearing a wedding ring and even the business of keeping a dog. This fascinating volume aims to help family historians get to know their elusive ancestors by deciphering the wealth of personal and historical clues contained in photographs, documents and artefacts. Paperback. New book, fine. 160pp. Order No. NSBK-D15428
Keywords: 9780752497020, family history, family, families, Ruth Symes, genealogy, geneaolgical, social history, evidence, sources, research, women, old photographs, photography
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Maurois, Andre.
Lelia: The Life of George Sand
(Harper and Brothers, 1954).
Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins. Hardback. Spine ends and corners rubbed, otherwise good. 482pp. Order No. NSBK-C5975
Keywords: B0000CIJ7Z, Mme Dudevant, George Sand, women writers, socialism, France, French, history, biographies, biography, biographical, life history, life histories, socialists, socialist, feminist, feminists, feminism, Andre Maurois, Aurore Dupin
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British Mother's Magazine, .
British Mother's Magazine: January 1950-January 1951
(T. Constable, Edinburgh, 1951).
Hardback. Spine ends chipped, marbled boards, pages browned, otherwise good+. pp. Order No. NSBK-C10710
Keywords: B000HBZRZA, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, mothers, motherhood, maternal, maternity, children, childhood, Victorian, women, women's studies, women's history
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Cobbe, Frances Power.
The Hopes of The Human Race: Hereafter and Here
(James Miller).
Hardback. Spine and decorated boards rubbed and chipped, internally good. 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15484
Keywords: B00087431C, Frances Power Cobbe, Victorian, woman writer, women writers, afterlife, death, religion, Britain, British, history, England, English
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Rose, June.
Marie Stopes and the Sexual Revolution:
(Faber & Faber, rpt, 1993).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise good. xiii + 272pp. Order No. NSBK-C8925
Keywords: 0571169708, Britain, British, England, English, history, sexuality, Marie Stopes, contraception, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, birth control
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Hillocks, Rev J. L.
Life and Struggles:
(John S. Marr, no date).
Edited by Rev. Geo. Gilfillan. Hardback. Lacks fly leaf and title page, red boards darkened, board edges and corners worn, otherwise good. xii + 184pp. Order No. NSBK-A5917
Keywords: B00086WSME, Dundee, Edinburgh, Scotland, Scottish, social history, religion, religious, biographies, biography, education, schools, life struggles, autobiography, autobiographies, Rev. J.L. Hillocks, Scots, Britain, British, Victorian, nineteenth century, philanthropy, philanthropists, self-education, self-help, work ethic, self-taught, self-made man, antiquarian
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Pedersen, Joyce Senders.
The Reform of Girls' Secondary and Higher Education in Victorian England: A Study of Elites and Educational Change
(Garland, 1987).
Hardback. Some pencil notation to endpapers and through text, pg edges slightly marked, with reviews pasted to endpapers, otherwise good+ condition. viii + 487pp. Order No. NSBK-C15668
Keywords: 9780824078287, reform, Victorian, higher education, history, social, secondary schools,. women, girls, teachers, head teachers, headmistresses
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Aitken-Swan, Jean.
Widows in Australia: A Survey of the Economic and Social Condition of Widows with Dependent Children
(Council of Social Service of NS Wales, 1962).
Paperback. A little marking/soiling to card covers, otherwise a good copy. x + 148pp. Order No. NSBK-C7054
Keywords: B0007JIO2K, twentieth century, 20th, history, Australia, Australian, Australasian, women, women's history, woman, female, widows, children, economics, economy, widowhood, widow
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Lovell, Terry, ed.
British Feminist Thought: A Reader
(Basil Blackwell, 1990).
Hardback. Fine in dustwrapper. ix + 385pp. Order No. NSBK-C12333
Keywords: 0631169148, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, feminism, feminists, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, history of ideas, twentieth century, 20th
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Brittain, Vera.
Envoy Extraordinary: A Study of Vijaya Pandit and her Contribution to Modern India
(George Allen and Unwin, 1965).
Hardback. Ex library with marks left by usual library stickers, otherwise good. 178pp. Order No. NSBK-C6260
Keywords: B0000CMONA, women's history, Vera Brittain, India, Indian, Vijaya Pandit, woman, Nehru, Gandhi, politics, Asia, Asian, ethnicity, women and politics. twentieth century
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