The staircase girls [text(large print)] : the secret lives, heartaches and joy of the Cambridge 'bedders'
Seymour, Catherine2017
Large Print
In the 1950s, many of the women of Cambridge lived lives of great hardship, but every day their work as servants in the colleges took them into an extraordinarily privileged world. Known as 'bedders' (short for 'bedmakers'), they often became close to their charges: mothering them, covering up for them, sometimes even falling in love with 'their boys'. Revealing their stories for the first time, this book is a poignant account of these remarkable women's lives.
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Author:
Seymour, Catherine, author
Imprint:
Oxford : ISIS, 2017.
Collation:
1 volume (large print) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: Pan Books, 2016.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781785413544 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1923334
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