Slum travelers : ladies and London poverty, 1860-1920 / edited with introductions by Ellen Ross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ross, Ellen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women social reformers--England--London--History.

Women social reformers.

Women social reformers--England--London--Biography.

Women in charitable work--England--London--History.

Women in charitable work.

Poor--Services for--England--London--History.

Poor.

Social problems--England--London--History.

Social problems.

London (England)--Social conditions--19th century.

London (England).

London (England)--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Late-nineteenth-century Britain saw the privileged classes forsake society balls and gatherings to turn their considerable resources to investigating and relieving poverty. By the 1890's at least half a million women were involved in philanthropy, particularly in London. Slum Travelers, edited, annotated, and with a superb introduction by Ellen Ross, collects a fascinating array of the writings of these "lady explorers," who were active in the east, south, and central London slums from around 1870 until the end of World War I. Contributors range from the well known, including Annie Besant, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Beatrice Webb (then Potter), to the obscure. The collection reclaims an important group of writers whose representations of urban poverty have been eclipsed by better-known male authors such as Charles Dickens and Jack London.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Adventures Among The Poor

1. "Sketch Of Life In Buildings," 1889 "A Lady Resident"

2. "White Slavery In London," 1888 Annie (Wood) Besant

3. From Makers Of Our Clothes, 1909 Clementina Black And Adele (Lady Carl) Meyer

4. "Marriage In East London," 1895 Helen (Dendy) Bosanquet

5. From Munition Lasses, 1917 Agnes Kate Foxwell

6. "A School Settlement," 1911 Clara Ellen Grant

7. "Barmaids," 1889 Margaret Harkness

8. "In A London Tramp Ward," 1906 Mary (Kingsland) Higgs

9. "The Fur-Pullers Of South London," 1897 Edith (Mrs. F. G.) Hogg

10. From A London Plane-Tree, And Other Verse, 1889 Amy Levy

11. "A Slum Mother" (1908) And "Guy And The Stars" (1919) Margaret Mcmillan

12. "Gilding The Gutter," 1905 Olive Christian Malvery

13. "The Irresponsibility Of The Father," 1918 Anna Martin

14. "Eating The Apple," 1899 Honnor Morten

15. "The Evacuation Of The Workhouse," 1918 Margaret Wynne Nevinson

16. Selections From The Woman's Dreadnought, 1916-1917 Sylvia Pankhurst

17. From The Pudding Lady, 1910 Florence Petty

18. Selections From The Missing Link Magazine, 1878 Ellen Henrietta Ranyard

19. Selections From Round About A Pound A Week, 1913 Maud Pember Reeves

20. "Drunkenness," 1878 Maude Alethea Stanley

21. From London Street Arabs, 1890 Dorothy Tennant (Lady Stanley)

22. "Petticoat-Lane," 1895 Ethel Brilliana (Mrs. Alec) Tweedie

23. "An Epiphany Pilgrimage," 1906 Kate Warburton

24. "Pages From A Work-Girl'S Diary," 1888 Beatrice (Potter) Webb

Appendix 1: The Geography Of London Wealth And Poverty

Appendix 2: The Texts Arranged Thematically

Glossary Of Terms, Institutions, And Organizations

Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9786612358623

9781282358621

1282358626

9780520940055

0520940059

OCLC:

773564944