This edition had all images removed.
LoC No.: 16012747
Title: Maternity: Letters from Working-Women
Credits:
Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Summary: "Maternity: Letters from Working-Women" by the Women's Co-operative Guild is a collection of firsthand accounts written in the early 20th century. This work presents the distressing realities of motherhood among working-class women, showcasing their struggles, suffering, and the urgent social issues surrounding maternity that are often overlooked. The letters reveal the harsh conditions under which these women live and raise their children, emphasizing the need for better support and care during pregnancy and after childbirth. The opening of the work features a preface by Herbert Samuel, stressing the need to address the pervasive problems of maternity, particularly for the poorer classes. It sets the stage for the letters, which provide personal insights into the overwhelming challenges faced by these women, such as inadequate wages, lack of medical care, and the physical and emotional toll of childbearing. Through their narratives, the authors express both their resilience in the face of adversity and their desire for societal recognition and improvement in the conditions affecting working mothers, illustrating the urgent need for social change. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Editor: Women's Co-operative Guild
EBook No.: 50077
Published: Sep 29, 2015
Downloads: 296
Language: English
Subject: Mothers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Subject: Mother and child -- History -- 19th century
Subject: Maternal and infant welfare -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
LoCC: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
LoC No.: 16012747
Title: Maternity: Letters from Working-Women
Credits:
Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Summary: "Maternity: Letters from Working-Women" by the Women's Co-operative Guild is a collection of firsthand accounts written in the early 20th century. This work presents the distressing realities of motherhood among working-class women, showcasing their struggles, suffering, and the urgent social issues surrounding maternity that are often overlooked. The letters reveal the harsh conditions under which these women live and raise their children, emphasizing the need for better support and care during pregnancy and after childbirth. The opening of the work features a preface by Herbert Samuel, stressing the need to address the pervasive problems of maternity, particularly for the poorer classes. It sets the stage for the letters, which provide personal insights into the overwhelming challenges faced by these women, such as inadequate wages, lack of medical care, and the physical and emotional toll of childbearing. Through their narratives, the authors express both their resilience in the face of adversity and their desire for societal recognition and improvement in the conditions affecting working mothers, illustrating the urgent need for social change. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 76.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Editor: Women's Co-operative Guild
EBook No.: 50077
Published: Sep 29, 2015
Downloads: 296
Language: English
Subject: Mothers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Subject: Mother and child -- History -- 19th century
Subject: Maternal and infant welfare -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
LoCC: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.