Uglow, Jennifer S. Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories. Faber and Faber, 1993.
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2 September 1852: The Manchester Free Library, the first major...
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2 September 1852
The Manchester Free Library
, the first major British public lending library, opened in Manchester.
Black, Alistair. A New History of the English Public Library: Social and Political Contexts, 1850-1914. Leicester University Press, 1996.
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Kelly, Thomas. A History of Public Libraries in Great Britain 1845-1975. 2nd ed., Library Association, 1977.
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Uglow, Jennifer S. Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories. Faber and Faber, 1993.
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21 February 1905: An article in the Manchester Guardian commented...
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21 February 1905
An article in the Manchester Guardian commented on the style of young, female factory workers: their rapid changes of fashion, their short hair and low necklines, and contrast between their dress for work and for...
31 October 1910: Frances Olive Underhill, a graduate of Royal...