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title	:	Conversations in Cold Rooms : Women, Work, and Poverty in Nineteenth-century Northumberland Royal Historical Society Studies in History. New Series, 0269-2244
author	:	Long, Jane.
publisher	:	Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
isbn10 | asin	:	0861932404
print isbn13	:	9780861932405
ebook isbn13	:	9780585177618
language	:	English
subject	Poor women--England--Northumberland--History--19th century, Poor women--Employment--England--Northumberland--History--19th century, Poor women--Services for--England--Northumberland--History--19th century, Charities--England--Northumberland--History--19th
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	HQ1599.E5L66 1999eb
ddc	:	305.48/96942/094288
subject	:	Poor women--England--Northumberland--History--19th century, Poor women--Employment--England--Northumberland--History--19th century, Poor women--Services for--England--Northumberland--History--19th century, Charities--England--Northumberland--History--19th

Page i ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY STUDIES IN HISTORY New Series Conversations in Cold Rooms

Page ii Studies in History New Series Editorial Board Professor Martin Daunton (Convenor) Professor David Eastwood Dr Steven Gunn Professor Colin Jones Professor Peter Mandler Dr Simon Walker Professor Kathleen Burk (Honorary Treasurer)

Page iv Woman at Black Gate, Castle Garth c. 1895

Page v Conversations in Cold Rooms Women, Work and Poverty in Nineteenth-century Northumberland Jane Long THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY THE BOYDELL PRESS

Page vi Jane Long 1999 All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner First published 1999 A Royal Historical Society publication Published by The Boydell Press an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604-4126, USA website: http://www.boydell.co.uk ISBN 0 86193 240 4 ISSN 0269-2244 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Long, Jane, 1960 Conversations in cold rooms: women, work, and poverty in nineteenth-century Northumberland / Jane Long. p. cm. (Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series, ISSN 0269-2244) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-86193-240-4 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Poor women England Northumberland History 19th century. 2. Poor women Employment England Northumberland History 19th century. 3. Poor women Services for England Northumberland History 19th century. 4. Charities England Northumberland History 19th century. I. Title. II. Series. HQ1599.E5L66 1999 305.48'96942'094288 dc21 98-45076 This book is printed on acid-free paper Printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Page vii FOR VERITY

Page ix Contents Page List of illustrations x Acknowledgements xi Abbreviations xii Introduction: conversations in cold rooms 1 1 Constructing femininity: women, work and poverty 9 2 Invading bodies: gender and danger in Newcastle 26 3 'You are forced to do something for a living': women and white-lead work 57 4 'A fine race of women': Northumbrian bondagers 78 5 Regulating poverty, regulating gender: the administration of poor relief 115 6 Being 're-made' and 'making do': working-class women and philanthropy 164 Conclusion 216 Bibliography 225 Index 237

Page x Illustrations Frontispiece/Jacket illustration: Woman at Black Gate, Castle Garth c. 1895

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