Review: Building the Georgian City by James Ayres

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Women and the Construction Industry in Georgian Britain and Ireland

“…9). 84 In concert with related evidence for women's general involvement in the 'heavy work of fetching and carrying', such images confirm the reciprocal roles that men and women played in the household economy of labouring families. 85 Taken together, these visual and textual sources complement what has been described as the 'double burden' (manual and reproductive) of mothers in paid labour.…”