Description:
A study of the condition of women in Guernsey c.1850 to c.1950 focusing on education, work, health, marriage, sexual violence, prostitution and the suffrage, featuring case-histories, legislative analysis and international comparisons.
Brief description: DR ROSE-MARIE CROSSAN is an independent social historian. She was born in Guernsey and has lived most of her life in the island. After finishing her secondary education, she took a degree in Modern Languages at Oxford University, followed by a postgraduate Diploma in Translation at Kent University, and - after a twenty-year break from academia - a PhD in History at Leicester University under Professor Keith Snell. Dr Crossan's previous publications include 'Guernsey, 1814-1914: Migration and Modernisation' (Woodbridge, 2007); 'Poverty and Welfare in Guernsey, 1560-2015' (Woodbridge, 2015); and 'The States and Secondary Education, 1560-1970' (Guernsey, 2016).