Diana J Bigelow

Wives, Widows, and Daughters: The Working Women of 19th Century East Bohemia will explore the lives of the female half of the Czech peasantry during the 19th and early 20th century when industrialization, political revolution, and war roiled their world, all through the lens of several rural East Bohemian market towns and farming villages. Drawing heavily on parish vital records and other contemporary sources of local history, this work describes the rural Czech woman’s evolving roles from their traditional and subordinate status in a patriarchal society to the modern woman of the early 20th century. This book follows their surprising journey towards  achieving equal rights.