Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Kelly's, .
Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes for 1919:
(Kelly's Directories, 1919).
45th Annual Edition. Hardback. Original red cloth with black and gilt detail. Some light soiling and light wear to cloth, espec. at edges, otherwise good+, solid. xvii + 1741pp. Order No. NSBK-A15210
Keywords: B002VDA1PI, Kelly's directories, Kelly's handbook, Kelly, upper class, upper classes, titles, history, titled, class, social structure, aristocracy
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McGann, Susan; Crowther, Anne and Dougall, Rona.
History of the Royal College of Nursing 1916-90: A Voice for Nurses
(Manchester UP, 2009).
Paperback. Fine. x + 358pp. Order No. NSBK-C14752
Keywords: 9780719077968, nursing, nurses, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, women's history, hospitals, Royal College of Nursing, managers, NHS, National Health Service, training, unions, unionism, trade unionism, women and work
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Thompson, Eleanor Wolf.
Education for Ladies 1830 - 1860: Ideas on Education in Magazines for Women
(King's Crown Press, 1947).
Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers, otherwise good. v + 170pp. Order No. NSBK-C13360
Keywords: B000JEXOFA, magazines, magazine, ladies, education, 19th century, nineteenth century, US, USA, United States, United States of America, America, American, The States, media, history, women's history, medicine, medical, women doctors, schools, female education, training, etiquette
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Vicinus, Martha.
Independent Women: Work and Community for Single Women, 1850-1920
(Chicago UP, 1985).
Hardback. Light edgewear to dustwrapper, otherwise good+. xv + 396pp. Order No. NSBK-C7557
Keywords: 0226855678, women's work, single women, spinster, community, work, Britain, British, England, English, history, jobs, career, communities, spinsterhood, careers
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Neale, Douglas.
Guide For Husbands and Wives or A Manual Of Wisdom:
(William Lovett, revised edition, 1938).
Paperback. Very good. 32pp. Order No. NSBK-A13675
Keywords: B00126A4I4, advice books, 1930s, thirties, husbands, wives, marriage, family, sex, birth control, family planning, Britain, British, England, English, history, United Kingdom, UK, family limitation, mothers, motherhood, maternity, contraception, contraceptives, inter-war, interwar, inter war, confinement, babies, health
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Garcia, J., Kilpatrick, R., & Richards, M., eds.
The Politics of Maternity Care: Services for Childbearing Women in Twentieth-Century Britain
(OUP, 1990).
Paperback. Newspaper reviews pasted to fly leaf and endpaper, spine faded, otherwise good. viii + 346pp. Order No. NSBK-C8124
Keywords: 0198272871 maternity, mothers, motherhood, childbirth, hospitals, babies, Britain, British, England, English, history, baby, women, women's history, health, fathers, midwives, midwifery, doctors, nurses, nursing, obstetrics, twentieth century, 20th, childbearing, pregnancy, pregnant
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Coates, Ken, et al.
Eleventh Hour for Europe:
(Spokesman, 1981).
Paperback. Very good. 128pp. Order No. NSBK-A11172
Keywords: 0851243096, peace, Europe, European, twentieth century, 20th, nuclear war, nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation treaty, Polaris, disarmament
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Woodward, John.
To Do The Sick No Harm:
(RKP, 1974).
Hardback. Spine ends slightly bumped, otherwise a good bright copy in dustwrapper. xii + 221pp. Order No. NSBK-A11467
Keywords: 0710079702, history, illness, hospitals
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Helm, Sarah.
If This Is A Woman: Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women
(Little Brown, 2015).
Hardback. Minor sun-tanning to base of pages, otherwise very good in dustwrapper. xviii + 748pp. Order No. NSBK-C15689
Keywords: 9780349120034, Nazi Germany, concentration camps, women, Ravensbruck
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