Maiden voyages : women and the golden age of transatlantic travel / Siân Evans.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: London : Two Roads, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Whakaahuatanga: xi, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781473699038
- 9781473699021
- 1473699037
- 1473699029
- 910.9163 23
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Nonfiction | Waverley LibraryPlus Nonfiction | Nonfiction | 910.91 (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | i2203417 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Before convenient air travel, transatlantic travel was the province of the great ocean liners and never more so than in the glory days of the interwar years. It was an extraordinary undertaking made by many women. Some travelled for leisure, some for work; others to find a new life, marriage, to reinvent themselves or find new opportunities. Their stories have remained largely untold - until now. Maiden Voyages is a fascinating portrait of these women, and their lives on board magnificent ocean liners as they sailed between the old and the new worlds. The ocean liner was a microcosm of contemporary society, divided by class: from the luxury of the upper deck, playground for the rich and famous, to the cramped conditions of steerage or third class travel. These iconic liners were filled with women of all ages, classes and backgrounds: celebrities and refugees, migrants and millionairesses, aristocrats and crew members.
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