Clara Collet, 1860-1948 - An Educated Working Woman

Zusatztext 'McDonald's informative book contains some rich detail ... [It] will be of interest to history students and the general reader keen to find out more about this remarkable woman' - Times Higher Educational Supplement'This book is indispensable for anyone studying women's history in England in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is the first extensive study of a woman who became an authority on all areas of female professions after retiring from the public services in 1920.' - genderstudies.unibe.ch Informationen zum Autor Deborah Mcdonald Zusammenfassung This is an absorbing account of the life and work of Clara Collet, a leading economist, statistician and champion of women's employment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Childhood 1860-78: Of Humble Origins; Education and Revolution 1873-78; Dogberrys and Marxs 1873-78. Part 2 Life in Leicester 1878-85: The School Mistress - A Pleasant Life; Relationship! Traumas and Celebrities. Part 3 The East End! Poverty and Investigation 1885-93: Poverty in the East End and the Charity Organization Society; Jack the Ripper and Charles Booth; The Interim Years 1890-93. Part 4 A New Way of Life: 1893-1910: The Civil Service - A Suitable Career for a Woman?; George Gissing - "Born in Exile"; George and Clara - An Intimate Friendship?; Aftermath. Part 5 An Educated Working Woman and Beyond 1903-48: A Successful Life; The Final Chapter. Epilogue. Appendix 1: Geneaology of the Collet Family Appendix 2: Chronology of Clara's Life and Historical Events.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah McDonald
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.02.2004
• EAN: 9780713040609
• ISBN: 978-0-7130-4060-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Woburn Education Series; Woburn Education Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; EDUCATION / General, Education, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, Social and cultural history, Sociology: work & labour, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General