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Far from a low gutter girl : the forgotten world of state wards South Australia 1887-1940 - Softcover
- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0195543807
- ISBN 13 9780195543803
- BindingPaperback
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Far From A Low Gutter Girl: The forgotten world of state wards: South Australia 1887-1940
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Oxford University Press, Melbourne
(1983)
ISBN 10: 0195543807
ISBN 13: 9780195543803
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. "'I don't think I am cared for here they often tell me that I am a low girl and was picked up from the gutter which hurts my feelings very much. I don't think I deserve such a name as that as I consider myself far from a low gutter girl.' - Mary Smith, 1902. Throughout Australia's history the lives of those thousands of women who have been domestic servants has always been described by someone outside or above this station. We know much about what 'upstairs' thought about 'downstairs', but not what 'downstairs' though." This "to some extent corrects this imbalance. The voice of the domestic servant is heard through the hundreds of letters written by the girls who were made state wards in South Australia from 1887-1940. .These records vividly illuminate a fascinating aspect of nineteenth-century life as well as changes which took place in the social structure between the two world wars. Barbalet has allowed the letters from the girls to, and replies from, the Department to speak for themselves." --- Original black card illustrated covers, lettered black on white & blue spine and top cover (21.5 cm height). Minor age-darkening to edges. Pp. xviii 286 including Acknowledgements, Preface, Introduction, Appendix I: Members of the Council and Board 1887-1940, Appendix II: Permanent Staff of the Departments 1887-1940, Appendix III: Male and Female Committals 1905-40, Appendix IV: Location of Children 1890-1940, Appendix V: State Children Discharged, Appendix VI: Females in Specified Classes of Industry 1901-47, Notes, Bibliography, Index, Sources of Illustrations. With tables, many illustrations, excerpts of primary sources. 1: The Childhood of State Wards 1887-1914 2: Domestic Services 1887-1914 3: Country Life and Other Trials 1887-1940 4: Sex and Marriage 1887-1940 5: Growing up a State Ward 1915-40 6: Going to Work 1915-40 7: On Bearing a Stigma 1887-1940 8: Reformers and Reformed 1860-1940. Seller Inventory # 20575
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Far from a low gutter girl: The forgotten world of state wards, South Australia, 1887-1940
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Oxford University Press, Oxford UK
(1983)
ISBN 10: 0195543807
ISBN 13: 9780195543803
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Book Description Paper Back. Condition: Good. The cover has light wear. The first page has a previous owner's name in pen. The page edges are lightly tanned. 286 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (204-227mm). Seller Inventory # 134849
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