Mrs Cecillie Swaisland Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women,University of Oxford and formerly University Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, formerly

'...of considerable interest in exploring one of the issues in imperial migration...a highly readable account of the subject.'Ecumene'One of the book's strengths is that it provides a detailed outline of the myriad number of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century emigration societies and philanthropic organizations which catered to the needs of the single woman.'Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History' Swaisland has undertaken a mammoth task in Servants and gentlewomen to the golden land. [...] Swaisland's book makes a significant contribution to women's history using personal correspondence in conjunction with other primary and secondary sources.'Anthropological Forum

• Introduction - Emigration and the Position of Women in Britain - Women Migrants to South Africa - Migrant Networks and the Female Labour Market in South Africa - The Woman Worker in South Africa - Domestic Service in South Africa 1820-1880 - Domestic Service in South Africa 1880-1939 - The Children's Nurse - The Governess - School Teachers Before 1900 - Crisis in Education: The Boer War and After - The Medical Profession - Conclusion

Mrs Cecillie Swaisland Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women,University of Oxford and formerly University Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, formerly

'...of considerable interest in exploring one of the issues in imperial migration...a highly readable account of the subject.'Ecumene'One of the book's strengths is that it provides a detailed outline of the myriad number of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century emigration societies and philanthropic organizations which catered to the needs of the single woman.'Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History' Swaisland has undertaken a mammoth task in Servants and gentlewomen to the golden land. [...] Swaisland's book makes a significant contribution to women's history using personal correspondence in conjunction with other primary and secondary sources.'Anthropological Forum

• Introduction - Emigration and the Position of Women in Britain - Women Migrants to South Africa - Migrant Networks and the Female Labour Market in South Africa - The Woman Worker in South Africa - Domestic Service in South Africa 1820-1880 - Domestic Service in South Africa 1880-1939 - The Children's Nurse - The Governess - School Teachers Before 1900 - Crisis in Education: The Boer War and After - The Medical Profession - Conclusion

Mrs Cecillie Swaisland Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women,University of Oxford and formerly University Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, formerly

'...of considerable interest in exploring one of the issues in imperial migration...a highly readable account of the subject.'Ecumene'One of the book's strengths is that it provides a detailed outline of the myriad number of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century emigration societies and philanthropic organizations which catered to the needs of the single woman.'Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History' Swaisland has undertaken a mammoth task in Servants and gentlewomen to the golden land. [...] Swaisland's book makes a significant contribution to women's history using personal correspondence in conjunction with other primary and secondary sources.'Anthropological Forum

• Introduction - Emigration and the Position of Women in Britain - Women Migrants to South Africa - Migrant Networks and the Female Labour Market in South Africa - The Woman Worker in South Africa - Domestic Service in South Africa 1820-1880 - Domestic Service in South Africa 1880-1939 - The Children's Nurse - The Governess - School Teachers Before 1900 - Crisis in Education: The Boer War and After - The Medical Profession - Conclusion