Women and Ageing in British Society Since 1500These essays examine the lives of elderly women and attitudes towards them from 1500 to the present. They shed light on the process of industrialisation and welfare provision and question many common assumptions about elderly women. |
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Strategies of poor aged women and widows | 13 |
Who most needs to marry? Ageing and inequality | 31 |
Lady Sarah Cowper 16441720 | 66 |
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| Title | Women and Ageing in British Society Since 1500 Applied Linguistics in Action Women and men in history |
| Editors | Lynn A. Botelho, Pat Thane |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Pearson Education, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 1 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 0582329019, 9780582329010 |
| Length | 246 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / Europe / Great Britain / General Social Science / Gerontology Social Science / Women's Studies |
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