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Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History Lesson for Girls: Act Two: At Home

Harlots, Housewives & Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls (2012)

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Director: Nick Gillam Smith, Eleanor Scoones

BBC Four | Tuesday 9 May 2017 | 00:00

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Tuesday 9 May 2017 00:00

SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 2 - Act Two: At Home

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Lucy looks at the ordinary as well as the extraordinary lives of women in the home, in an age when respectable women were defined by their marital status as maids, wives or widows. If they fell outside these categories they were in danger of being labelled whores or, at worst, witches.

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