Starving in Victorian London (A Family’s Fight for Survival)

Описание: A true story of a family living in poverty in London at the turn of the 20th Century, as they struggle daily to house and feed their children – and stay out of the workhouse! Mrs Mathews’ account was recorded by the American Press and is narrated quoting her own account of her fight for food and lodging.

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Credits: CC BY - Hints designed to promote beneficence, temperance, and medical science, by John Coakley Lettsom by Wellcome Collection; Illustration depicting cramped and squalid housing conditions by Wellcome Collection; Illustration depicting cramped and squalid housing conditions by Wellcome Collection; Winter in London by Lucas Migliorelli

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