About this title: This account of working women's lives - impoverished childhoods, humdrum work, harsh family life - was first published in 1931. The women who wrote this book were members of the Women's Co-operative Guild, a powerful agent in the education of working women. They tell of their childhoods - of growing up in poverty and want; of work - begun in most cases when still children - of domestic service, work in factories, work in the fields; of family life - of husbands too often old and ill before their time, of childbirth, marriage and death. Margaret Llewelyn Davies (1861-1944) was secretary of the ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub Date: 7/1/1975 Binding: Paperback Pages: 141. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: SOME ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] loose pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub Date: 7/1/1975 Binding: Paperback Pages: 141. read more
Description: Fair. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub Date: 7/1/1975 Binding: Paperback Pages: 141. read more
Description: Excellent. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub Date: 7/1/1975 Binding: Paperback Pages: 141. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub Date: 7/1/1975 Binding: Paperback Pages: 141. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub Date: 7/1/1975 Binding: Paperback Pages: 141. read more
Description: Good. 1975-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: Trade Paper
Binding: Softcover--Good
Publisher: Norton, New York
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780393007725ISBN:0393007723
Description: introdctory letter by Virginia Woolf. Good to Fair. No Jacket. Trade Paper History Women: A trade paperback reissue of an account, first published by the Hogarth Press in 1931, on the lives and struggles of working women in Great Britain in the early years of the 20th century, written by members of the Women's Co-operative Guild. In fairly good condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780393007725ISBN:0393007723
Description: Very Good. Paperback, Very Good, clean, tight, unmarked, some light cover edge wear, All orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Wrappers
Publisher: Virago Press, London
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780860680000ISBN:0860680002
Description: Fine in None Issued jacket. 8vo. A fine copy. A later reprint of the 1977 edition which in turn wa a reprint of the original Hogarth Press publication of 1931. A classic, first hand record of the lives of working women. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780860680000ISBN:0860680002
Description: Fair. Paperback, Larger format, a good ex-library reading copy. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Virago, London
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780860680000ISBN:0860680002
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 142pp. 'B' format paperback, edges lighty yellow, otherwise good copy. Introductory letter by Virginia Woolf. read more
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