Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century : Hannah’s Story Paperback / softback
by MARGARET HEDLEY
Part of the Women of the Durham Coalfield series
Paperback / softback
Description
The success of the Durham Coalfield and its important role in the Industrial Revolution is attributed to men of influence who owned the land and the pits, and men who worked in the coal-mining industry during the Victorian period.
There has been very little written about the importance of the home life that supported the miners - their wives who, through heroic efforts, did their best to provide attractive, healthy, happy home for their husbands, often in appalling social conditions.
To provide a welcoming atmosphere at home demanded tremendous resources and commitment from the miners' wives.
Despite their many hardships these women selflessly put everyone in the family before themselves.
They operated on less rest, less food at times of necessity and under the huge physical burden of work and the emotional burden of worry concerning the safety of their family.
Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century: Hannah's Story addresses the lack of information about the role of women in the Durham Coalfield, engagingly explored through one woman's experience.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:30 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:The History Press Ltd
- Publication Date:19/02/2019
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- ISBN:9780750989886
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Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:30 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:The History Press Ltd
- Publication Date:19/02/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780750989886
