A Women S History Of Guernsey 1850s 1950s

This book examines the condition of women in Guernsey between the 1850s and 1950s. Topics covered include education, work, health, marriage, sexual violence, prostitution, and the suffrage. The book features individual case-histories, analysis of legislative measures, and a detailed comparison of change in Guernsey with that in Europe generally.

This book traces the evolving balance of French and English influence on criminal justice in Guernsey. It maps key legal and judicial changes, illustrates them with case studies and relates them to broader changes at home and abroad.

Nestled among the foothills of eastern Ohio, historic Cambridge sits on a bluff overlooking the meandering Wills Creek. The National Road, the first federally funded interstate road, serves as its main street and has shaped its identity, character, and economy. The first legal bridge in the Northwest Territory spanned Wills Creek here in 1802, along Ebenezer Zane's narrow trace, which preceded the National Road. In the decades before the Civil War, the city thrived, serving travelers along this important thoroughfare; later Cambridge became a regional center for the coal, glass, and pottery industries. The arrival of the interstate system in the 1960s and the nearby construction of the largest interchange in the world at the time (connecting Interstates 70 and 77) rendered Cambridge's busy main street a sleepier place but one insulated from the off-ramp culture the interstate system spawned. Today Cambridge's historic downtown has undergone a remarkable revitalization, and this town of 11,000 is an American jewel. Cambridge celebrates the heritage of this town and offers glimpses into the lives, labor, and leisure of its residents.

First scholarly study devoted to Guernsey in the nineteenth century, as it changed from a francophone to an anglophone society.