Pit Women Coal Communities in Northern England in the Early Twentieth Century

This text describes the history and culture of women and men in early 20th century Northern England. It focuses on family life and on the coal communities of Yorkshire and the North East.



Combining her experience of living in a mining village for two decades with her training in social studies, Carr describe how women were an integral part of the mining industry from 1900 to the nationalization of the mines in 1947. Her original goal was to find the foundations of the strength women