Author

Publication

1995 - A. Sutton, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England

Language

English

Word Count

57,000 words, Guess

Page Count

228 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL560266M
  • ISBN-100750905263
  • OCLC Control Number33980280
  • Library of Congress Control Number96143867
  • LibraryThing7702606
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  • Goodreads4896875

Classifications

  • DDC305.42/0941
  • LCCHQ1593 .H78 1995

Alternate Titles

  • Women in the nineteen-twenties

Description

"This book examines how women responded to the new challenges and the difficulties of those years, from the revival of the round of High Society by the social elite, against a background of sometimes vast personal and financial losses, to the lives of the new middle-class professionals, who found social as well as domestic freedom, and working-class women employed in the still traditional milieu of factory and domestic service - as well as those who found their way on to the shop or restaurant floor." "For many, the decade was a time of hardship, and Dr. Horn also looks at how women managed to make ends meet." "Drawing on family papers, contemporary publications and archive research, this book, complemented by a wealth of photographs, cartoons and other illustrations, presents a vivid picture of what women's lives were like during the period. It will appeal to students of women's history, social historians and to those with a general interest in the subject."--BOOK JACKET.

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