London Child of the 1870s is an autobiography.

The author describes her childhood in the London of the 1870s, schooldays and holidays in Cornwall, her life as a student and her first teaching post. These are

What kinds of jobs did children do in the past, and how widespread was their employment? Why did so many poor families put their children to work? How did the s

Based the true story of Annie MacPherson, one of the first Victorians to ship children from the poor streets of London to the open fields of Canada. Rich in det

"The feisty warm-hearted "mum" has long figured as a symbol of the working class in Britain, yet working-class history has emphasized male organizations such as