Blue China
Blue China
About this book
Almost a hundred thousand single women emigrated from Britain to the Australian colonies between 1850 and 1900. The popular assumption is that these women went to find husbands, but this text establishes that the female emigration schemes were devised to ease the shortage of domestic servants.
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL8332925W
Subjects
BritishEmigration and immigrationHistorySingle womenWomen alien laborWomen immigrantsWorking class womenWomen foreign workers