Pit Women: Coal Communities in Northern England in the Early Twentieth Century

This book focuses on women and their place in communal life and in keeping their male coal-miners going, in Northern England in the first half of the 20th century. Responsible for meals, laundry, money management, and social planning, these women, young or old, shouldered the burden of maintaining a healthy family among the rigors of strikes, closures, accidents, and deaths within mining communities.


Author: Griselda Carr
Publisher: Merlin Press
Published: 04/01/2002
Pages: 180
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.16h x 6.83w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780850364958

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2002 pg. 1870

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