Women, Welfare and Local Politics, 1880-1920: 'We Might Be Trusted.'.(Book review) From: Journal of Social History | Date: December 22, 2007| Author: Martin, Kathleen C. | COPYRIGHT 2007 Journal of Social History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Women, Welfare and Local Politics, 1880-1920: 'We Might Be Trusted.' By Steven King (Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2006. 364 pp.).

In this examination of the life and papers of Mary Haslam, poor law guardian and leader of the women's movement in Bolton, Steven King sets out to elucidate a number of contentious debates over the influence of women on poor law policy and the development of feminism at the local level. In this as in so many areas of British social history...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

	From Old to New Poor Law. History Review ; The old system At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the poorest members of English society were the responsibility of the individual parishes in which they lived. This was the underlying principle of the Elizabethan Poor Laws which, with a few modifications, had endured for two centuries.
	THE NEW POOR LAW AND THE BREADWINNER WAGE: CONTRASTING ASSUMPTIONS. Journal of Social History ; ... 84.) Lewis, Voluntary Sector, p. 53. (85.) Chadwick Collection, Newspaper cuttings on the Poor Law, Item 123, f. 33, Daily News January 1876. (86.) Francis Peek, The Uncharitableness of Inadequate Relief, (London, 1879) p.7. (87.) PRO MH32/45/36485/1871 ...
	Longmate, Norman: the Workhouse: a Social History.(Book Review) History: Review of New Books ; Longmate, Norman The Workhouse: A Social History North Pomfret, VT: Pimlico 318 pp., $19.95, ISBN 0-7126-0637-8 Publication Date: July 2004 The sixteenth-century Elizabethan Poor Law constitutes the oldest tax-supported form of social welfare in Anglo-American history. Each of England's more than
	The great British pension: Steven King argues that government policy on pensions is returning to the principles and practice of the Old Poor Law.(Cross Current) History Today ; ... relatively generous final salary entitlements is probably bad news in the long term. The attitude of the government has been very ... discourage welfare scroungers of the sort that we find so much in the news today. Finally, those who were turned down were allowed recourse ...
	(book review) Canadian Journal of History ; The Solidarities of Strangers: The English Poor Law and the People, 1700-1948, by Lynn Hollen Lees. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1997. ix, 373 pp. $64.95. This is an admirable and much-needed study of the poor laws and their clients in the period from 1700 to 1948. Insisting that the poor
	A grim glimpse at life inside the workhouse.(Features) Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) ; Byline: Tony Pogson , For over 250 years there were workhouses in this country. For almost a century, from 1834 to 1930, the only officially sanctioned method of dealing with the poor in this country was by putting them in workhouses. At that time these institutions were designed to cause misery
	Truth behind a Dickensian Christmas.(Features) Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) ; Byline: Tony Pogson , The run-up to Christmas is a good time to appeal to compassion and common humanity. And a booklet from the Holme Valley Civic Society reminds us of an epic struggle 170 years ago when Huddersfield took on the establishment over the new Poor Law. At the time Huddersfield (not
	Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review) Albion ; Steven King. Poverty and Welfare in England, 1700-1850. (Manchester Studies in Modem History.) Manchester: Manchester University Press; dist. by Palgrave, New York, N.Y. 2000. Pp. x, 294. $29.95 paper. ISBN 0-7190-4940-7. A legion of social historians has marched through the records of the poor
	The Old Poor Law in Scotland: The Experience of Poverty, 1574-1845. .(Book Review) Journal of Social History ; The Old Poor Law in Scotland: The Experience of Poverty, 1574-1845. By Rosalind Mitchison (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000. 246pp. $28.00/paperback). The Scottish poor law system long had a reputation as both more rigorous and more religious than that of the English system. During the
	The answer to a longer life? Simply cut those calories.(News) Daily Post (Liverpool, England) ; Byline: PETER ELSON IT'S a salutary game to wonder what your personal circumstances would have been if you were whirled back in time to share the life of your direct ancestors. Many people probably believe their families have followed an upward trajectory over the last couple of centuries. Just to

See all results.