Poverty, health, and the politics of gender in Britain 1870-1948

Gender, Health and Welfare

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 67-90

  Digby, Anne ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203026069-3     Document Type: Chapter

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