A Lady of Cotton by David Sekers
In 1789 Hannah Lightbody, a well-educated and intelligent young woman of means, married Samuel Greg and found herself at the centre of his cotton empire in the industrial heart of England. Over the next four decades she fought to improve the education, health and welfare of cotton girls and pauper apprentices at the mill.
David Sekers was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria, where his interest in industrial archaeology was first stimulated. After ten years in the family textile firm, he changed careers to become Director of the Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke-on-Trent and, later, Director of the Quarry Bank Mill Working Textile Museum at Styal, Cheshire. Before retirement he held senior positions at the National Trust. He is now an independent heritage and museum consultant. He is the author of Popular Staffordshire Pottery (1977).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780752490083 |
| ISBN 10 | 0752490087 |
| Title | A Lady of Cotton |
| Author | David Sekers |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The History Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-03-18 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
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