Devon women in public and professional life, 1900-1950 : votes, voices and vocations /

Neville, Julia,

Devon women in public and professional life, 1900-1950 : votes, voices and vocations / Julia Neville, Mitzi Auchterlonie, Paul Auchterlonie, Ann Roberts, Helen Turnbull. - first. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

List of Figures



List of Acronyms



Acknowledgements



Introduction -- Paul Auchterlonie



Chapter 1 Eleanor Margaret Acland (1878-1933) -- Mitzi and Paul Auchterlonie



Chapter 2 Clara Henrietta Daymond (1873-1957) -- Julia Neville



Chapter 3 Mabel Lieda Ramsay (1878-1954) -- Ann Roberts



Chapter 4 Jessie Headridge (1871-1946) -- Julia Neville



Chapter 5 Florence Gascoyne-Cecil (1863-1944) -- Julia Neville and Helen Turnbull



Chapter 6 Georgiana Buller (1884-1953) -- Julia Neville



Chapter 7 Jane Grey Clinton (1863-1953) -- Julia Neville and Helen Turnbull



Chapter 8 Mary Sylvia Calmady-Hamlyn (1881-1962) -- Julia Neville



Conclusion



Appendix: Voluntary Organizations in Devon Supported by the Subjects of these Biographies



Bibliography



Index




This book is one of the first to study the role of women in public and professional life from a regional point of view. It breaks new ground in considerations of gender in the early twentieth century and the history of Devon in the modern period.



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Women--History--England--Devon--20th century.
Women--Social conditions--England--Devon--20th century.
Women--Economic conditions--England--Devon--20th century.


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