Coalmining Women: Victorian Lives and Campaigns
Book Description
In the nineteenth century the rapidly expanding coal industry was the key to Britain's industrial growth. The workforce consisted not only of men, but also of thousands of coalmining women, who mined, sorted and transported the coal. Angela John looks at the lives and struggles of these women, and their fight in the 1880s to keep their jobs at the pit. She focuses on the contrasting careers of two... More
Book Information
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Binding | Paperback |
Reading Level | Young Adults |
# of Pages | 48 |
ISBN-10 | 0521278724 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0521278720 |
Publication Date | 11/30/1984 |
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