Women Alone by Bridget Hill

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Summary

This account seeks to open a window on the lives of British spinsters in the mid-17th to mid-19th centuries. It examines how often spinsters were able to earn money to live independently, what provision the Poor Law made for them, and what kind of lives they led.

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Women Alone by Bridget Hill

This account seeks to open a window on the lives of British spinsters in the mid-17th to mid-19th centuries. It examines how often spinsters were able to earn money to live independently, what provision the Poor Law made for them, and what kind of lives they led.

Bridget Hill is now retired - worked for Open University and was Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford.
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ISBN 13 9780300088205
ISBN 10 0300088205
Title Women Alone
Author Bridget Hill
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Yale University Press
Year published 2001-11-10
Number of pages 218
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