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Continuity and Change
Reports on continuity and change findings from University of Cambridge provide new insights
October 18th, 2008
"The evidence of criminal court records suggests that almost all London wives were engaged in gainful occupations in the eighteenth century," scientists writing in the journal Continuity and Change report. "The records of the City livery companies and of Christ's Hospital show that the wives of craft masters and professional men worked, as well as those in poorer families where their incomes was essential. At lower soci-econimic levels it was unusual for couples to work in the same trade," wrote A.L. Erickson and colleagues, University of Cambridge. The researchers concluded: "At middling levels it was more common, especially in textiles and...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-10-18)
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