The economic role of middle-class women in Victorian Glasgow

Women's History Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 791-814

  Gordon, Eleanor ^a   Nair, Gwyneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0012348486     PISSN: 09612025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09612020000200264     Document Type: Review

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