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Free talk - "The role of women in agriculture in 19th Century Wales" – with Peter Rees
During the nineteenth century, South Wales was a country of small tenant farms. To pay their rent and turn a profit called for every member of the farming family to make their contribution to the enterprise. The role of women became broadly standardised. The roles of the farmer's wife and her female servants are examined to reveal the value of the female contribution to the conditions of the time.