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Women alone : spinsters in England, 1660-1850
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Title
Women alone : spinsters in England, 1660-1850 / Bridget Hill.
ISBN
0300088205
Published
New Haven : London : Yale University Press, c2001.
Physical Description
viii, 219 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-211) and index.
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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