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Workhouse Characters

Hosted by Margaret Nevinson · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 27 episodes

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27
Last ep.
14 days ago
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9m
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20
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About this podcast

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through the grim confines of the workhouse—where people were required to labor under harsh conditions, often worse than those in prison. The workhouse became a haunting backdrop for literature, most notably inspiring Charles Dickens Oliver Twist. In this captivating collection of short stories, Nevinson sheds light on the harrowing realities endured by women, highlighting tales of resilience and despair. One poignant story recounts a married woman who, despite collecting money and securing a home for her children, finds herself trapped by the law as the property of her husband. Another follows a Cambridge-educated woman spiraling into depression after her husbands death, only to seek solace in the workhouse. With 26 gripping narratives, Nevinson eloquently exposes the dark sha

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Margaret Nevinson hosts Workhouse Characters, a fiction show with 27 episodes published.

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027 - The Evacuation Of The Workhouse

Feb 17, 20268m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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026 - The Pauper And The Old-age Pension

Feb 17, 20266m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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025 - On The Permanent List

Feb 17, 20269m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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024 - A Girl God Help Her

Feb 17, 20265m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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023 - The Runaway

Feb 17, 202611m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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022 - Widows Indeed

Feb 17, 20267m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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021 - An Alien

Feb 17, 20267m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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020 - The Sweep's Legacy

Feb 17, 20265m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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019 - In The Lunatic Asylum

Feb 17, 202614m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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018 - Too Old At Forty

Feb 17, 20265m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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017 - Your Son's Your Son

Feb 17, 20269m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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016 - Mothers

Feb 17, 20269m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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015 - An Obscure Conversationist

Feb 17, 202611m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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014 - An Irish Catholic

Feb 17, 20268m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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013 - In The Phthisis Ward

Feb 17, 20268m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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012 - A Daughter Of The State

Feb 17, 20269m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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011 - Old Inky

Feb 17, 20269m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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010 - Publicans And Harlots

Feb 17, 202610m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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009 - The Suicide

Feb 17, 202610m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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008 - Mary Mary Pity Women

Feb 17, 202612m0

Step back to 1904 and meet Margaret Nevinson, a determined suffragette who took a bold stand as a member of the board of guardians at Hampstead Heath. At that time in the UK, welfare assistance was only available through

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Workhouse Characters is hosted by Margaret Nevinson. The show is categorised under fiction (history) and has published 27 episodes.

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Workhouse Characters has published 27 episodes.

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