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She was aye workin' : memories of tenement women in Edinburgh and Glasgow / Helen Clark and Elizabeth Carnegie ; foreword by Elaine C. Smith.

Title
She was aye workin' : memories of tenement women in Edinburgh and Glasgow / Helen Clark and Elizabeth Carnegie ; foreword by Elaine C. Smith.
Author
Clark, Helen.
Publication
Oxford : White Cockade Pub., c2003.

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Carnegie, Elizabeth.
Description
191 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
"This book explores the previously hidden lives of the women who held families together and made ends meet in Scotland's crowded urban tenements. She Was Aye Workin' is an eloquent tribute of women's resilience, self-sacrifice and management skills in the face of difficult conditions and relentless poverty. The mutual support of neighbours was crucial to survival."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Poor women > Glasgow > History > 20th century
  • Poor women > Edinburgh > History > 20th century
  • Working class families > Glasgow > History > 20th century
  • Working class families > Edinburgh > History > 20th century
  • Tenement houses > Glasgow > History > 20th century
  • Tenement houses > Edinburgh > History > 20th century
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Elaine C. Smith -- Growing Up -- Out of the House -- Are Ye Dancin'? -- Getting Married and Setting Up Home -- Having Babies -- Feeding the Family -- Yer Ne'er Done -- For Better, for Worse -- For Richer, for Poorer -- In Sickness and in Health -- Till Death Us Do Part -- App. on Prices and Wages.
ISBN
1873487053 (pbk)
OCLC
53367913
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library