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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McDonald, Deborah, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Portland, OR : Woburn Press, 2004.
Temas:
Collet, Clara E. > (Clara Elizabeth), > 1860-1948.
Collet, Clara E. > (Clara Elizabeth), > 1860-1948
1837-1910
Women social reformers > Great Britain > Biography.
Women > Employment > Great Britain > History.
Women > Education > Great Britain > History.
Women > Great Britain > Social conditions.
Réformatrices sociales > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Femmes > Éducation > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Femmes > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
Women > Education
Women > Employment
Women > Social conditions
Women social reformers
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain > History > Edward VII, 1901-1910.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1837-1901 (Victoria)
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1901-1910 (Édouard VII)
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part Part I Childhood 1860-78
  • chapter 1 Of Humble Origins
  • chapter 2 Education and Revolution 1873-78
  • chapter 3 Dogberrys and Marxs 1873-78
  • part Part II Life in Leicester 1878-85
  • chapter 1 The School Mistress--A Pleasant Life
  • chapter 2 Relationships, Traumas and Celebrities
  • part Part III The East End, Poverty and Investigation 1885-93
  • chapter 1 Poverty in the East End and the Charity Organisation Society
  • chapter 2 Jack the Ripper and Charles Booth
  • chapter 3 The Interim Years 1890-93
  • part Part IV A New Way of Life 1893-1910
  • chapter 1 The Civil Service--A Suitable Career for a Woman?
  • chapter 2 George Gissing--'Born in Exile'
  • chapter 3 George and Clara--An Intimate Friendship?
  • chapter 4 Aftermath
  • part Part V An Educated Working Woman and Beyond 1903-48
  • chapter 1 A Successful Life
  • chapter 2 The Final Chapter.

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