Merseyside Girls

Author : Jill Liddington
Publisher : Virago
ISBN 13 : 0349007810
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rebel Girls written by Jill Liddington and published by Virago. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rejecting the deadening conventions of their Victorian elders, the rebel girls demanded new freedoms and new rights. They took their suffrage message out to the remotest Yorkshire dales and fishing harbours, to win Edwardian hearts and minds. 16-year-old Huddersfield weaver Dora Thewlis on arrest was catapulted onto the tabloid front-pages as 'Baby Suffragette'. Her life was transformed. Dancer Lilian Lenton waited till her twenty-first birthday - then determined to burn two buildings a week until the Liberal government granted women the vote. Rebel Girls shows how this daring campaigning shifted from community suffragettes to militant mavericks.

Author : Angela Devlin
Publisher : Waterside Press
ISBN 13 : 1872870597
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Invisible Women written by Angela Devlin and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More and more women are being sent to prison: at the time when this book was written UK numbers had doubled over the last five years, and the Prison Reform Trust called this 'a rate of increase without precedent in the modern era.' Indeed, the figures for convicted women shows an even greater increase - 76% according to the National Association of Probation Officers, more than twice the increase for men. Though the media focuses on high profile prisoners like Myra Hindley and Rosemary West, most women become 'invisible' as soon as they pass through the prison gates and are subsumed into a world that is predominantly masculine and insensitive to their very different needs. The author spent the past five years visiting twelve of the 16 prisons that take women, interviewing prisoners and, more unusually, those whose job it is to care for them - prison officers, education, probation and healthcare staff, chaplains and counsellors. In a book that is deliberately accessible to the general reader as well as to the prison professional, she vividly recreates the realities of prison life for a woman at the end of the twentieth century, as conditions worsen with overcrowding, staff shortages and expenditure cuts. Some of Devlin's findings will shock as well as inform: she describes the over-use of medication as a means of control; the violence resulting from drug misuse; the plight of ethnic minority and foreign national women, and the self-mutilation and suicide attempts of women in desperate need of help.

Author : Selina Todd
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199282757
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Young Women, Work, and Family in England 1918-1950 written by Selina Todd and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2005-09-22 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating account of young women's lives challenges existing assumptions about working class life and womanhood in England between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the 1950s. Selina Todd uses extensive oral histories and autobiographical material.--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Author : Gabbitas Educational Consultants
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780749441647
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Independent Schools Guide 2004-2005 written by Gabbitas Educational Consultants and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British education is recognized worldwide for its excellent academic standards and tradition of welcoming overseas students. This annual publication is the ideal reference for families relocating to the UK, or who would like their child to attend a boarding school there. It provides the detailed information parents need to make a fully informed choice, including: * Extensive indices for over 2,000 schools, classified by county, religious * affiliation, sex, provision for dyslexia plus details of specialist schools; * School fee planning, plus details of scholarships, bursaries and other awards; GCSEs, A Levels, Scottish examinations, GNVQs and the International Baccalaureate Guidance. The guide also includes a parent's guide to the sixth form and beyond, including university entry and careers, detailed profiles of over 200 schools and colleges and useful addresses and associations.

Author : Mike Benbough-Jackson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445639335
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Merseyside's War written by Mike Benbough-Jackson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capturing the experiences of the people of Merseyside in the First World War in their own words, from life on the front line to entertainment at home

Author : Gabbitas
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0749470364
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gabbitas Top 500 Independent Schools written by Gabbitas and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every parent wants their child to flourish throughout their education, and few decisions are more difficult than choosing the right school. Selected by Gabbitas' panel of experts, this new guide highlights the best in independent education, including a listing of the most exceptional schools, and chosen for their all-round academic excellence; opportunities; history, culture and ethos; prospects for school leavers; facilities and staff-to-student ratios. With its unique emphasis on the overall development of the student, taking into account a range of important criteria, The Gabbitas Top 500 Independent Schools offers a more genuine reflection of the best schools than relying solely on league tables. Fully supported by Gabbitas consultants' accompanying website, this guide will allow parents to make the most informed decision about their child's education.

Author : Gabbitas Educational Consultants
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780749445676
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Independent Schools Guide written by Gabbitas Educational Consultants and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few decisions are harder to make for a parent than finding a suitable school for their child. The Independent Schools Guide, now in its twelth edition, provides the detailed information parents need to make a fully informed choice.It includes extensive indices for over 2,000 schools, classified by county, religious affiliation, sex, provision for dyslexia plus details of specialist schools. There is also useful advice on school fee planning, plus details of scholarships, bursaries and other awards.This up-to-date guide provides thorough information on the levels of awards including GCSEs, A Levels, Scottish examinations, GNVQs and the International Baccalaureate. There is also guidance for overseas parents, including advice on language support and guardianship for children attending boarding school in the United Kingdom.Complete with a parent's guide to the sixth form and beyond, covering university entry and careers, and a directory ofuseful addresses and associations, this is invaluable reading for any parent seeking educational advice.

Author : Krista Cowman
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1781387745
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mrs Brown is a Man and a Brother written by Krista Cowman and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the first detailed regional study of women’s politics in the United Kingdom in the period before the First World War. Its purpose is to investigate how women’s politics functioned at the grass roots, away from the schisms and personality clashes of the national political scene. The book investigates the membership, activities and campaigning methodologies of a variety of formal political organisations ranging from branches of national auxiliary bodies such as the Women’s Liberal Federation through women’s involvement in local branches of the Independent Labour Party and on to the autonomous suffrage organisations. The impact of the all-female suffrage campaigns on older political groups in which women still competed with men for positions and policies is also considered. The book extends into the First World War, and investigates the new alliance that were formed when earlier societies contracted or closed

Author : Loulou Brown
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The She National Women's Directory written by Loulou Brown and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1998 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This directory provides a comprehensive list of over 4800 women's organizations in England, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Part I lists over 800 national organizations set out in categories, while Part II lists 4000 local organizations by area within each country.

Author : Christine Dawe
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752482475
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Merseyside's Own written by Christine Dawe and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merseyside has been the birthplace or home of literally hundreds of extraordinary men and women over the years.Modern-day noteworthy figures, such as Kim Cattrall, Daniel Craig, Beth Tweddle and Patricia Routledge rub shoulders with the historical great and good, including Sir Thomas Beecham, George Stevenson and Lady Emma Hamilton. Personalities from all eras and walks of life are featured, from politics, art and industry to music and entertainment.In this book Christine Dawe has penned a fascinating selection of mini-biographies of Merseyside’s most famous sons and daughters to make a perfect souvenir for visitors to the area. This is also essential reading for Merseysiders everywhere, and is sure to appeal to those wanting to know more about these people’s contributions to the Merseyside we know today.