Glossary Of Terms, Institutions, And Organizations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xii
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Abbreviations xxi
7. Introduction: Adventures Among The Poor 1
8. 1. “Sketch Of Life In Buildings,” 1889 “A Lady Resident” 40
9. 2. “White Slavery In London,” 1888 Annie (Wood) Besant 45
10. 3. From Makers Of Our Clothes, 1909 Clementina Black And Adele (Lady Carl) Meyer 52
11. 4. “Marriage In East London,” 1895 Helen (Dendy) Bosanquet 64
12. 5. From Munition Lasses, 1917 Agnes Kate Foxwell 72
13. 6. “A School Settlement,” 1911 Clara Ellen Grant 81
14. 7. “Barmaids,” 1889 Margaret Harkness 89
15. 8. “In A London Tramp Ward,” 1906 Mary (Kingsland) Higgs 97
16. 9. “The Fur-Pullers Of South London,” 1897 Edith (Mrs. F. G.) Hogg 104
17. 10. From A London Plane-Tree, And Other Verse, 1889 Amy Levy 117
18. 11. “A Slum Mother” (1908) And “Guy And The Stars” (1919) Margaret Mcmillan 124
19. 12. “Gilding The Gutter,” 1905 Olive Christian Malvery 136
20. 13. “The Irresponsibility Of The Father,” 1918 Anna Martin 148
21. 14. “Eating The Apple,” 1899 Honnor Morten 161
22. 15. “The Evacuation Of The Workhouse,” 1918 Margaret Wynne Nevinson 172
23. 16. Selections From The Woman’S Dreadnought, 1916–1917 Sylvia Pankhurst 178
24. 17. From The Pudding Lady, 1910 Florence Petty 192
25. 18. Selections From The Missing Link Magazine, 1878 Ellen Henrietta Ranyard 198
26. 19. Selections From Round About A Pound A Week, 1913 Maud Pember Reeves 208
27. 20. “Drunkenness,” 1878 Maude Alethea Stanley 226
28. 21. From London Street Arabs, 1890 Dorothy Tennant (Lady Stanley) 239
29. 22. “Petticoat-Lane,” 1895 Ethel Brilliana (Mrs. Alec) Tweedie 249
30. 23. “An Epiphany Pilgrimage,” 1906 Kate Warburton 256
31. 24. “Pages From A Work-Girl’S Diary,” 1888 Beatrice (Potter) Webb 262
32. Appendix 1: The Geography Of London Wealth And Poverty 281
33. Appendix 2: The Texts Arranged Thematically 287
34. Glossary Of Terms, Institutions, And Organizations 291
35. Index 305