Bradley, Katherine and Sweet, Helen.
Women in the Professions: Politics and Philanthropy, 1840 - 1940
(Trafford Publishing, 2009).
Paperback. Fine. xiv + 283pp. Order No. NSBK-A14844
Keywords: 9781426911873, women, philanthropy, women's suffrage, Women's Institute, nursing, employment, women's welfare, Oxford, Catharine Tait
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Ross, James.
The Power I Pledge: Being a Centenary Study of the Life of William Quarrier and the Work he Pioneered
(Robert MacLehose, 1971).
Hardback. Very good. 118pp. Order No. NSBK-A5303
Keywords: 0950203408, William Quarrier, Glasgow, children, child, philanthropy, Scotland, Scottish, Scotch, Scots, Homelea, history, nineteenth century, Victorian, Quarrier's homes
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Whelan, Robert, ed. (Octavia Hill).
Octavia Hill's Letters to Fellow-Workers, 1872 - 1911: Together with an Account of the Walmer Street Industrial Experiment
(Kyrle Books, 2005).
Hardback. Fine in fine dustwrapper. lxiv + 784pp. Order No. NSBK-A8671
Keywords: 0954891406, letters, correspondence, Octavia Hill, Octavia Hill's letters, fellow workers, fellow-workers, letters to fellow-workers, autobiography, autobiographical, social history, housing, houses, philanthropic, philanthropy, Victorian, Edwardian, twentieth century, 20th century, nineteenth century, 19th century, women, women's history, Walmer Street Industrial Experiment, tenants, Charity Organisation Society, poor, poverty, social welfare, open spaces, National Trust, reformers, reform, slums, slum, London, Lambeth, Walworth, charity, charities, charity work, Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Kyrle Society, homes, dwellings, Britain, British, England, English
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Carpenter, J. Estlin.
The Life and Work of Mary Carpenter:
(Macmillan, 2nd edition, 1881).
Hardback. Original cloth with spine ends and corners worn. Spine sunned, otherwise a very good, solid copy. xiv + 391pp. Order No. NSBK-A13865
Keywords: B000WSPERO, Mary Carpenter, 19th century, nineteenth century, history, biography, biographies, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, ragged schools, education, Bristol, social reform, reformatories for girls, poverty, teaching, teachers, reformatory schools, children, charity, philanthropy, childhood, Indian, India, female education, women's education
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Seymour-Jones, Carole.
Beatrice Webb: Woman of Conflict
(Allison and Busby, 1992).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good+ in mottled dustwrapper. xiv + 369pp. Order No. NSBK-C12599
Keywords: 0850318289, Beatrice Webb, philanthropy, charity, biography, women's history, nineteenth century, Victorian, Britain, British, England, English, history, Webbs
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Hammond, J. L and Hammond, Barbara.
Lord Shaftesbury:
(Constable and Co, 1923).
In the series Makers of the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Basil Williams. Hardback. Cloth faded/worn/marked, otherwise a good working copy. `x + 313pp. Order No. NSBK-A6007
Keywords: B0006AJFC8, Lord Shaftesbury, politics, Victorian, nineteenth century, biographies, biographical, biography, men, life histories, life history, lunacy, mental health, philanthropy, Peel, mines, mine reform, mining, factories, industry, industrialisation, Ten Hours Bill, public health, Anton Ashley Cooper, Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury
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Cobbe, Frances Power.
Criminals, Idiots, Women and Minors: Is the Classification Sound? A Discussion on the Laws Concerning the Property of Married Women
(Portrayer, 2002 rpt of 1868 article).
First appeared in Fraser's Magazine, Dec 1868. No 2 in the Open Archive Occasional Series. Booklet. New booklet, fine. 22pp. Order No. NSBK-C6302
Keywords: social history, Frances Power Cobbe, Victorian, nineteenth century, women, women's history, Britain, British, England, English, philanthropy, philanthropists, women's rights, women's movement, suffrage, woman suffage, women's suffrage, London National Society for Women's Suffrage, feminists, feminist, feminism, family history, families, Married Women's Property Act, law, legal, marital relations, marital law, property holders, property owners, married women, husbands, wives, married couples, domesticity, wife, laws, Fraser's Magazine, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, Open Archive Occasional Series, new title, booklet
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Fletcher, Winston.
Keeping the Vision Alive: The Story of Barnado's 1905-2005
(Barnado's, 2005).
Richly illustrated with photographs. Paperback. Near fine. 157pp. Order No. NSBK-A12615
Keywords: 190465911X, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, Barnado's, charity, charities, philanthropy, children, child, twentieth century, 20th
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Hobhouse, Emily.
The Brunt of War and Where it Fell:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2007 facsimile of the 1902 edition).
A facsimile edition of a very scarce book. Complete with a map and all illustrations. Hardback. Good in blue cloth. xvi + 357pp. Order No. NSBK-C13227
Keywords: 0954476131, women's history, woman, women, women's studies, female, females, feminine, gender, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life history, life histories, lives, life, memoirs, self history, self histories, women writers, women's writing, woman writer, females, feminine, writers, authors, authoresses, Boer War, Boers, South Africa, Africa, African, wars, South African War, warfare, twentieth century, 20th, century, Emily Hobhouse, camps, war camp, war camps, concentration camps, camp, POW, prisoners of war, enemy, enemies, soldiers, soldier, Cape, Cape Colony, children, child, Chamberlain, homes, housing, deprivation, starvation, Britain, British, England, English, troop, troops, battle, battles, battallions, propaganda, battallion, living conditions, Southern Africa, Southern African, Afrikaan, Afrikaans, Veld, scorched earth policy, charity, philanthropy, Portrayer Publishers
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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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