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Women of the Working Class
Paperback
General FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher Price: $15.99
ISBN13: 9781739329808
Publisher: Writing Class Books
Published: Apr 11 2023
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Transforming history into fiction, this collection features eighteen short stories centred on female protagonists. These women derive from diverse locations and historical milieus, but they have one thing in common: their working-class backgrounds.
MARY SMITH wants nothing more than to study and write books, but she must earn a living. Will she ever find the time to fulfil her literary ambitions?
ELLEN JOHNSTON, factory worker and talented poet with a way with words, dreams of wealth and recognition, seeking escape from her miserable existence.
After an exhausting ten-hour shift at the cotton mill, ANNIE KENNEY attends a meeting in the canteen where Christabel Pankhurst gives a talk about the SUFFRAGETTES. Annie's life will never be the same.
When Angie's husband strikes with the miners, she joins the WOMEN AGAINST PIT CLOSURES MOVEMENT. How will she cope when daily life returns to normality?
In the final story, the narrator retraces a childhood walk home from school past familiar landmarks, such as castle ruins and a framework knitter's cottage. Personal recollections blend with RADICAL HISTORY.
Spanning settings from the jute mills of Dundee to the sweat factories of London's East End to the Cornish coastline, the author reimagines the experiences of these notable working-class women, examining how their roles have evolved over the past century.
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