Women and the Making of Built Space in England, 1870-1950

Most contributions focus on workingclass homes. Here it is striking that the advice offered by women to other women (often via government committees) was frequently impractical. For example, the Women's Co-operative Guild advised the wartime government that women wanted hot water, central heati...

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Design
England
Essays
European history
Gender
Historians
Home
Housing
Industrial design
Material culture
Middle class
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United Kingdom
Whitworth, Lesley
Women
Working class
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