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Campaigns of Curiosity: Journalistic Adventures of an American Girl in London

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(4,2 Sterne; 5 Bewertungen)

Elizabeth Banks was an American journalist who, at about age 23, moved to London. While trying to break into English journalism and to keep the wolf from the door, she struck upon the idea of hiring out as a housemaid in some London household and writing about her experiences. Subsequently, she became a street sweeper, flower-seller, and a laundress. On the flip side, she advertised as an heiress and demonstrated how easy it was for a wealthy American to "buy a pedigree" and entry into the higher social circles. This book is her relation of these experiences.
These were her public-facing accounts. She gives a more personal, behind-the-scenes version in The Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl. - Summary by TriciaG (6 hr 18 min)

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Preface

15:04

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In Cap and Apron: "Liberty" and "Independence"

14:38

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In Cap and Apron: Seeking a Situation

22:53

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In Cap and Apron: "Elizabeth Barrows," Housemaid

18:49

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In Cap and Apron: Rough Places "Smoothed Over"

21:51

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In Cap and Apron: Without a "Character"

24:37

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In Cap and Apron: Parlourmaid to Mrs. Brownlow

23:01

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In Cap and Apron: My Last Days in Service

21:40

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In Cap and Apron: The Merits of Domestic Service

21:43

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The "Almighty Dollar" in London Society: Advertising for a Chaperon

9:39

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The "Almighty Dollar": Offers of Marriage

9:25

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The "Almighty Dollar": What It would Cost

8:56

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The "Almighty Dollar": Interesting Antecedents

6:00

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The Price of a Pedigree

24:41

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Sweeping a Crossing

16:27

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A Day with the Flower-Girls

22:00

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Among the Laundry-Girls: Why and How I Became One of Them

22:14

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Among the Laundry-Girls: At Work in a "Sanitary Laundry"

17:13

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Among the Laundry-Girls: A Contest with Flat-Irons

17:58

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Among the Laundry-Girls: The Day of My Resignation

19:06

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Among the Laundry-Girls: "Soap-Suds Island" and the East-End

20:45

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Bewertungen

(5 Sterne)

I was hesitant at first but very nice, entertaining, and informative