Examining the Resilience and Life Chances of Workhouse Children 1850-1914
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Sch of History
Abstract
This project will be the first to examine and compare the inter-institutional encounters and life chances of workhouse children in nineteenth-century England. Yorkshire has been chosen as a case study as it allows me to measure responses to workhouse children in its industrial, urban districts as well as its smaller, agricultural, rural areas. Moreover, the survival of a unique range of institutional sources make the study possible. A rich lode of records from the Northallerton and Bradford Union Workhouses survive from 1837. For these reasons, research in this area will considerably advance our understanding of the long-term effects of institutional intervention in children's lives and reveal previously unknown aspects of the workhouse child's post-institutional experience.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Sarah Kelly (Student) |
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ES/P000665/1 | 01/10/2017 | 30/09/2027 | |||
2272897 | Studentship | ES/P000665/1 | 01/10/2019 | 31/12/2022 | Sarah Kelly |