Title Women of the fields : representations of rural women in the nineteenth century / Karen Sayer

Published Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York, NY, USA : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1995

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Description x, 201 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm Contents I. Revolution and Slump, 1780-1850. 1. Through a Claude glass darkly. 2. Laborious but healthy occupations. 3. All their sweet employments -- II. Golden Age, 1850-73. 4. Utterly shameless women. 5. Nine out of ten women prefer field work. 6. Girls into demons -- III. Depression, 1873-1901. 7. Neither a wise nor a womanly thing. 8. A passing notice. 9. Unstrained dialect a speciality Analysis Agriculture Women Employment History England Agriculture Women Employment History England Notes Bibliography: p183-192. - Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-192) and index Subject Rural women in literature. Rural women -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Women in agriculture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. LC no. 94041738 ISBN 0719041422

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