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Clara Collet 1860-1948 : an educated working woman /
This absorbing account of the life and work of Clara Collet, a leading economist, statistician and champion of women's employment, is also the first biography of this remarkable woman and reveals through Collet's diaries her fascinating personal life. An early female university graduate (1...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Portland, OR :
Woburn Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This absorbing account of the life and work of Clara Collet, a leading economist, statistician and champion of women's employment, is also the first biography of this remarkable woman and reveals through Collet's diaries her fascinating personal life. An early female university graduate (1880), then teacher, she campaigned for the secondary education provision of girls at a time when it was negligible. Her other major contribution was in raising the status of working-class women, becoming a Commissioner for the Royal Commission on Labour (1892). She was close to the family of Karl Marx, partic. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203493761 9780203493762 9786610288571 6610288577 9780713002416 0713002417 9781135782979 1135782970 9781135782924 113578292X 9781135782962 1135782962 9780713040609 0713040602 1280288574 9781280288579 |