Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 20th Century (eBook)

Hannah's Daughter

Margaret Hedley (Autor)

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2021 | 1. Auflage
160 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9645-7 (ISBN)

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Life in the early twentieth-century coalmining communities changed very little for the women who dedicated their lives to their miner husbands. The women's working days were much longer than the miners, who typically worked an 8-hour shift. Their living conditions were poor and lack of investment by the coal owners greatly challenged their homemaking skills as they faced life without many basics, such as clean water and sewerage systems. Health services were slow to develop and women's health was only just beginning to be of some importance to the medical profession. Coal-miner wives in the twentieth century also had to cope with demands put upon their families by the First World War, which highlighted the importance of solidarity, a feature of mining communities that had proved itself to be at the heart of colliery village life. This follow-up book to the popular Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century continues with the story of Hannah's daughter as she negotiates homemaking in the most challenging of conditions.

MARGARET HEDLEY has an MA in History and taught at secondary school. She is now a family history researcher in East Durham. Margaret is passionate about Durham's coal-mining history, and much of her research is related to this. She lives in Wheatley Hill.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.3.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Women of the Durham Coalfield
• Reihe/Serie: Women of the Durham Coalfield
• Vorwort: Chris Lloyd
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bergbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Schlagworte: 1st World War • 20th century • coal • Coal miners • Coal Mining • County Durham • Durham • First World War • hannah's story • Industries • miners • mining communities • Women in History • women in history, women's history, miners, durham, county durham, coal, industries, 20th century, coal mining, coal miners, hannah's story, women's health, mining communities, first world war, world war 1, wwi, ww1, 1st world war, world war one • women's health • Women's history • World War 1 • World War One • WW1 • wwi
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9645-5 / 0750996455
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9645-7 / 9780750996457