'this collection makes an important contribution to the study of the women's economic activities ... adds complexity to the understanding of the economic circumstances of poor women.' The Journal of Economic History 'Moring and her contributors add to ongoing debates on women's work and wellbeing ... The studies in this volume make persuasive use of rich qualitative evidence.' EH.net 'an excellent resource for scholars seeking concrete details of this reworked female history.' FWSA Blog

• Introduction, Beatrice Moring; Chapter 1 Widows, Family and Poor Relief in England from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century, Richard Wall; Chapter 2 Survival Strategies of Poor Women in Two Localities in Guipuzcoa (Northern Spain) in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Lola Valverde Lamfus; Chapter 3 Women, Work and Survival Strategies in Urban Northern Europe Before the First World War, Beatrice Moring; Chapter 4 Women, Households and Independence Under the Old English Poor Laws, Susannah Ottaway; Chapter 5 The Economic Strategies of Widows in Switzerland from the Midnineteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Century, Anne-Lise Head-König; Chapter 6 Mexico: Women and Poverty (1994–2004): Progresa-Oportunidades Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, Verónica Villarespe Reyes, Ana Patricia Sosa Ferreira; Chapter 7 Gender and Migration in the Pyrenees in the Nineteenth Century: Genderdifferentiated Patterns and Destinies, Marie-Pierre Arrizabalaga; Chapter 8 Women and Property in Eighteenth-Century Austria: Separate Property, Usufruct and Ownership in Different Family Configurations, Margareth Lanzinger;

'this collection makes an important contribution to the study of the women's economic activities ... adds complexity to the understanding of the economic circumstances of poor women.' The Journal of Economic History 'Moring and her contributors add to ongoing debates on women's work and wellbeing ... The studies in this volume make persuasive use of rich qualitative evidence.' EH.net 'an excellent resource for scholars seeking concrete details of this reworked female history.' FWSA Blog

• Introduction, Beatrice Moring; Chapter 1 Widows, Family and Poor Relief in England from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century, Richard Wall; Chapter 2 Survival Strategies of Poor Women in Two Localities in Guipuzcoa (Northern Spain) in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Lola Valverde Lamfus; Chapter 3 Women, Work and Survival Strategies in Urban Northern Europe Before the First World War, Beatrice Moring; Chapter 4 Women, Households and Independence Under the Old English Poor Laws, Susannah Ottaway; Chapter 5 The Economic Strategies of Widows in Switzerland from the Midnineteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Century, Anne-Lise Head-König; Chapter 6 Mexico: Women and Poverty (1994–2004): Progresa-Oportunidades Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, Verónica Villarespe Reyes, Ana Patricia Sosa Ferreira; Chapter 7 Gender and Migration in the Pyrenees in the Nineteenth Century: Genderdifferentiated Patterns and Destinies, Marie-Pierre Arrizabalaga; Chapter 8 Women and Property in Eighteenth-Century Austria: Separate Property, Usufruct and Ownership in Different Family Configurations, Margareth Lanzinger;

'this collection makes an important contribution to the study of the women's economic activities ... adds complexity to the understanding of the economic circumstances of poor women.' The Journal of Economic History 'Moring and her contributors add to ongoing debates on women's work and wellbeing ... The studies in this volume make persuasive use of rich qualitative evidence.' EH.net 'an excellent resource for scholars seeking concrete details of this reworked female history.' FWSA Blog

• Introduction, Beatrice Moring; Chapter 1 Widows, Family and Poor Relief in England from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century, Richard Wall; Chapter 2 Survival Strategies of Poor Women in Two Localities in Guipuzcoa (Northern Spain) in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Lola Valverde Lamfus; Chapter 3 Women, Work and Survival Strategies in Urban Northern Europe Before the First World War, Beatrice Moring; Chapter 4 Women, Households and Independence Under the Old English Poor Laws, Susannah Ottaway; Chapter 5 The Economic Strategies of Widows in Switzerland from the Midnineteenth to the Mid-Twentieth Century, Anne-Lise Head-König; Chapter 6 Mexico: Women and Poverty (1994–2004): Progresa-Oportunidades Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, Verónica Villarespe Reyes, Ana Patricia Sosa Ferreira; Chapter 7 Gender and Migration in the Pyrenees in the Nineteenth Century: Genderdifferentiated Patterns and Destinies, Marie-Pierre Arrizabalaga; Chapter 8 Women and Property in Eighteenth-Century Austria: Separate Property, Usufruct and Ownership in Different Family Configurations, Margareth Lanzinger;