Bal Maidens. Women and girls of the Cornwall and Devon Mines
Details:
- Author(s) Mayers, Lynne
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2008
- Pages 2nd ed; 281pp; illus
- Publisher Blaize Bailey Books
Topics:
- Name Worker / employee & work, women alone
- Name Worker / employee welfare inc working conditions, compensation, etc
- Name Worker / employee wages & remuneration
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
First published 2004. Written by a local historian. Covers 'their working lives and home life, their characteristics and the occupational hazards which they encountered. How essential were they to the industry? What were their working conditions? How much did they earn? What did they do with their spare time and money they had? As the mines closed, where did they go and what happened to them? ...'. Has chapters 'Bal Maidens - their history'; 'Bal maidens at work'; 'Bal maidens at home'; 'Bal maidens at the copper mines'; 'Bal maidens at the tin mines and smelters'; ''The 'clay' maidens'; 'Bal maidens and other minerals'; 'The counthouse women'; 'Bal maidens - the cost'; 'Mine closures - the end of the road or a new life'; 'Myth and reality'; Bal maidens - the real people'