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Acton, William. Prostitution Considered in Its Moral, Social and Sanitary Aspects in London and Other Large Cities and Garrison Towns: With Proposals for the Control and Prevention of Its Attendant Evils. London: J. Churchill; London: Cass, 1870, 1972, 302 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); health; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; woman;
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Marine, commando , Royal Navy, Britain, England, woman
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Acton, William. Prostitution. New York: Praeger, 1870, 1969, 251 pp. Ed: Peter Fryer; abridged from expanded edition, 1870; era of Contagious Diseases Acts.
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19th C. (1800-1899); health; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; woman;
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, woman, Royal Marine, commando , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Admiralty of the United Kingdom. In Which We Serve: A Book about the Navy, Addressed Primarily to the Officers, Men and Women of the Naval Service. London: Admiralty, 1956, 61 pp.
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Admiralty; condition; discipline; naval guide; officer; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; seaman; woman;
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Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, naval guide, regulation, guideline, instruction , officer, quarterdeck, leader , Royal Marine, commando , seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , woman, Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Allen, Paula Gunn. Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2003, 2004, 366 pp. Popular history.
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Colonial America; diplomacy; enterprise; health; intelligence; Jamestown; naval lore; trade; woman;
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Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Jamestown, colony, colony of Virginia, early settlement , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , woman, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon
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Arthur, Max. The Royal Navy. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. Stories of 200 men & women of RN, 1914-1995.
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20th C. (1900-1999); condition; general history; Royal Naval Reserve; Royal Navy; woman;
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20th century, twentieth, general history, general survey, survey, Royal Navy, Britain, England, Royal Naval Reserve, volunteer , woman, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Aubin, Penelope. The Life of Charlotta Du Pont, an English Lady: Taken from Her Own Memoirs. London: Bettesworth, 1723, 1736, 1739, vi, 282 pp. Fiction; a Crusoe feminized & moralized.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Defoe, Daniel; memoir; nautical fiction; woman;
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18th century, eighteenth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , defoe, daniel, nautical fiction, sea fiction , woman
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Bailey, Susan F. Women and the British Empire: An Annotated Guide to Sources. Themes in European Expansion Series, # 3. New York: Garland, 1983, 202 pp.
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imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , bibliography, list, listing , woman
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Balano, Dorothea Moulton. The Log of a Skipper's Wife. Camden: Down East, 1979, x, 160 pp. Ed: James W. Balano; British case; memoir.
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memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , officer, quarterdeck, leader , voyage, woman, merchant marine
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Bancroft, Caroline. The Unsinkable Mrs. Brown. Denver: Golden; Bolder: Johnson, 1956, 1963, 39 pp. Margaret Tobin Brown, 1867-1932; aboard Titanic.
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20th century, twentieth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , personality, prominent leader, noted person , Titanic, passenger liner, wreck, tragedy, disaster , woman
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Barbour, Philip Lemont. Pocahontas and Her World: A Chronicle of America's First Settlement in Which Is Related the Story of the Indians and the Englishmen: Particularly Captain John Smith, Captain Samuel Argall, and Master John Rolfe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; London: Hale, 1970, 1971, xx, 316 pp.
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17th C. (1600-1699); Colonial America; colonialism; company; culture; exploration; Jamestown; Smith, John; woman;
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17th century, seventeenth, Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , colonialism, colony, company, charter, shipping, commercial , culture, music, literature, language, art , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Jamestown, colony, colony of Virginia, early settlement , Smith, John, woman
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Batstone, Stephanie. Wren's Eye View: The Adventures of a Visual Signaller. Tunbridge Wells: Parapress, 1994, 2001, 183 pp.
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communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable , Royal Navy, Britain, England, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , woman
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Beer, Anna R. Bess: The Life of Lady Ralegh, Wife to Sir Walter. London: Constable, 2004, 288 pp. Elizabeth nee Throckmorton.
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16th C. (1500-1599); exploration; memoir; Raleigh, Walter; woman;
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16th century, sixteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Raleigh, Walter, Sir Walter Ralegh, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , woman
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Berggreen, Brit. "Dealing with Anomalies?: Approaching Maritime Women." See L. Fischer, North Sea, pp. 111-26.
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maritime history, naval history , woman
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Broome, John Edgerton. Services Wrendered. London: Kimber, 1946, 1974, 128 pp. Witty tribute to WRENS; some poetry.
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20th century, twentieth, woman, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor
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Cope, Tony. On the Swing Shift: Building Liberty Ships in Savannah. Annapolis: NIP, 2009, xiv, 235 pp. Men & women workers, wartime production; more pay for "Swing Shift" but not as much as "Graveyard Shift."
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-American; dockyard; merchant marine; shipbuilding; woman; World War II;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, dockyard, shipyard, Navy yard, merchant marine, shipbuilding, shipbuilder, shipbuilders, woman, world war 2, second world war
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Dalby, Paul. "Canada's Pirate Queen: Maria Lindsay Cobham's Bloodthirsty Exploits. . . ." Canada's History (formerly The Beaver), 90 (August/September 2010): 20-27.
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piracy, privateering, pirate, buccaneer, woman
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Doe, Helen. "Waiting for the Ship to Come In?: The Female Investor in Nineteenth-Century Sailing Vessels." Econ His Rev, 63 (February 2010: 85-106. Source: shipping registers.
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age of sail; commerce; ship; woman;
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age of sail, ship, boat, vessel, woman, commerce, trade, business
| Abbreviations | |
| AHR | American Historical Review |
| Alb | Albion |
| alt | alternate |
| Am Nep | American Neptune |
| AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
| ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
| BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
| Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
| Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
| comp | Compiled by |
| DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| EcHR | Economic History Review |
| ed | editor or edited by |
| EnHR | English Historical Review |
| HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
| HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
| His Res | Historical Research |
| His Tod | History Today |
| Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
| IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
| IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
| IHR | International History Review |
| intro | introduction |
| J Am His | Journal of American History |
| J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
| JBS | Journal of British Studies |
| J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
| J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
| JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
| J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
| J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
| J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
| JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
| J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
| JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
| J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
| J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
| J Wor His | Journal of World History |
| MM | Mariner's Mirror |
| Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
| NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
| NMM | National Maritime Museum |
| Nav Rev | Naval Review |
| NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
| Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
| NIP | Naval Institute Press |
| Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
| Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
| P & P | Past and Present |
| Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
| trans | translated by |
| UP | University Press |
| USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
| Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
| War & Soc | War and Society |
| War in His | War in History |
| W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
| WSS | World Ship Society |