Britannia's daughters

Description:

In Britannia's Daughters, best-selling novelist Joanna Trollope examines the contribution of women in building and sustaining the British Empire. She draws on a vast range of sources, including diaries and letters home. She provides a panoramic picture of the countless women who departed Britain for India, Australia, the Far East, Canada and Africa — often in search of opportunities unavailable at home. Here are penniless pioneers and governors' wives, missionaries and prostitutes, explorers and army nurses. They people this book as they peopled the Empire — their astonishing courage and endurance, their remarkable personal stories are vividly and enthrallingly recaptured.

subjects: Non-Fiction,  British Women,  Women's History,  1980s,  Women's rights,  Colonies,  Women,  British History,  History,  Koloniale periode,  Kolonie,  Vrouwen,  Frau,  Geschichte,  Social conditions,  British colonies,  Sociale geschiedenis,  Droits,  Femmes,  Great britain, history, victoria, 1837-1901,  Women, great britain, colonies,  Women colonists,  Biography,  Kvinnohistoria,  Description and travel,  Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei

Places: Great Britain

Times: 19th century,  Victoria, 1837-1901