Clara Collet 1860-1948 :: an educated working woman /

This absorbing account of the life and work of Clara Collet, a leading economist, statistician and champion of women's employment, is also the first biography of this remarkable woman and reveals through Collet's diaries her fascinating personal life. An early female university graduate (1...

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1. Verfasser: McDonald, Deborah, 1952-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; Portland, OR : Woburn Press, 2004.
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Zusammenfassung:This absorbing account of the life and work of Clara Collet, a leading economist, statistician and champion of women's employment, is also the first biography of this remarkable woman and reveals through Collet's diaries her fascinating personal life. An early female university graduate (1880), then teacher, she campaigned for the secondary education provision of girls at a time when it was negligible. Her other major contribution was in raising the status of working-class women, becoming a Commissioner for the Royal Commission on Labour (1892). She was close to the family of Karl Marx, partic.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-242) and index.
ISBN:0203493761
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