Women in England 1500-1760: A Social History

• Published in: Bunyan studies no. 6; p. 103
• Main Author: Pacheo, Anita
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.1995
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Bunyan, John (1628-1688); English literature

In general, she sees few signs of progress and much evidence of a steady erosion of women's employment opportunities during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as the household ceased to be the centre of economic activity and the increasing sexual division of labour in town and countrysid...