Women and Children First: A Brief Look at Working Class Women and Children Commuters in London in the 1890s and 1900s

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• Simon Abernethy (University of Cambridge)
• Monday 07 November 2011, 13:00-14:00
• Room 101, Sir William Hardy Building, Downing Site.

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When H.J. Dyos wrote his article ‘Workmen’s fares in south London 1860 – 1914’ he noted that a key problem for working class suburbanisation was the lack of subsidiary employment for women in the suburbs. This he claimed retarded working class migration from the centre. However, an examination of records from the London County Council and the Court of the Railway and Canal Commission show a small but significant number of working class women and children living in the suburbs and using workmen’s trains to get to employment in the centre. This paper examines how prevalent this practise was, the difficulty involved, and uses the limited sources available to give an indication of pay and employment.

This talk is part of the Graduate Workshop in Economic and Social History series.

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