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Working class heroines : the extraordinary women of Dublin's tenements / Kevin C. Kearns.
Van Pelt Library HQ1600.3.Z9 D835 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kearns, Kevin Corrigan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th century.
- Women.
- Slums--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th century.
- Slums.
- Poor--Ireland--Dublin--History--20th century.
- Poor.
- History.
- Dublin (Ireland)--History--20th century.
- Dublin (Ireland).
- Dublin (Ireland)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Dublin (Ireland)--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Manners and customs.
- Social conditions.
- Ireland--Dublin.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 406 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Gill Books, [2018]
- Contents:
- Section 1
- 1 Tending to Home and Family p. 21
- 2 Making Ends Meet p. 41
- 3 "You Must Have Your Roof" p. 63
- 4 "Bejaysus, They Had Pride" p. 81
- Section 2
- 5 "Like Young Lambs to the Slaughter" p. 97
- 6 "You Made Your Bed, You Lie In It" p. 115
- 7 "Babies by the Bundle" p. 130
- Section 3
- 8 Unwed Mothers - "Unfortunate Girls" p. 147
- 9 "Little Mothers" p. 167
- 10 Grannies - The Grandest Mothers p. 180
- 11 "Mother Church" p. 199
- Section 4
- 12 Delights and Diversions p. 223
- 13 A Ma Made Christmas p. 250
- Section 5
- 14 Losing Young Ones - A Mother's Heartbreak p. 267
- 15 Drugs-A Mother's Dread p. 285
- 16 Solace for the Worn and Weary p. 313
- Section 6
- 17 Sons' and Daughters' Memories of Ma p. 327
- Section 7
- 18 When Mammies Die p. 349.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780717183517
- 0717183513
- OCLC:
- 1044866229
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