Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-vii

List of Figures and Tables

pp viii-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xii

Maps

pp xiii-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-16

Part I - Women in Coal Mining Communities

pp 17-18

1 - 1860–1914: ‘Stay at home and look after your husband’

pp 19-49

2 - The Inter-War Years: The Contrasting Roles of Mining Women

pp 50-78

Part II - Women in Inshore Fishing Communities

pp 79-80

3 - A Household Economy in the Modern Era

pp 81-105

4 - The Inshore Fishing Community: ‘A Race Apart’?

pp 106-120

Part III - Female Agricultural Labourers

pp 121-122

5 - ‘Muscular Femininity’

pp 123-145

6 - ‘Clever hands’ – Household, Demographics and Autonomy

pp 146-164

Conclusion

pp 165-174

Glossary of Dialect Words

pp 175-176

Select Bibliography

pp 177-192

Index

pp 193-202

Miscellaneous Endmatter

pp 203-203