Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I PARENTAGE AND CHILDHOOD
- CHAPTER II EARLY WORK IN LONDON. 1851—APRIL, 1856
- CHAPTER III WORKING WOMEN'S CLASSES AND ART TRAINING, 1856—1858
- CHAPTER IV MILTON STREET, DORSET SQUARE. DECEMBER, 1858—APRIL, 1861
- CHAPTER V NOTTINGHAM PLACE SCHOOL. BEGINNING OF HOUSING WORK. 1860—1870
- CHAPTER VI 1870—1875. GROWING PUBLICITY OF OCTAVIA'S WORK
- CHAPTER VII 1875—1878. THE OPEN SPACE MOVEMENT
- CHAPTER VIII 1878—1881. FOREIGN TRAVELS. MANAGEMENT OF HER WORK AT HOME
- CHAPTER IX 1881—1889. APPOINTMENT BY THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS
- CHAPTER X FURTHER PROGRESS IN HOUSING AND OPEN SPACE WORK. 1890—1902
- CHAPTER XI LAST YEARS OF LIFE. 1902—1912
- CONCLUSION
- INDEX
- Plate section
PREFACE
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I PARENTAGE AND CHILDHOOD
- CHAPTER II EARLY WORK IN LONDON. 1851—APRIL, 1856
- CHAPTER III WORKING WOMEN'S CLASSES AND ART TRAINING, 1856—1858
- CHAPTER IV MILTON STREET, DORSET SQUARE. DECEMBER, 1858—APRIL, 1861
- CHAPTER V NOTTINGHAM PLACE SCHOOL. BEGINNING OF HOUSING WORK. 1860—1870
- CHAPTER VI 1870—1875. GROWING PUBLICITY OF OCTAVIA'S WORK
- CHAPTER VII 1875—1878. THE OPEN SPACE MOVEMENT
- CHAPTER VIII 1878—1881. FOREIGN TRAVELS. MANAGEMENT OF HER WORK AT HOME
- CHAPTER IX 1881—1889. APPOINTMENT BY THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS
- CHAPTER X FURTHER PROGRESS IN HOUSING AND OPEN SPACE WORK. 1890—1902
- CHAPTER XI LAST YEARS OF LIFE. 1902—1912
- CONCLUSION
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- Life of Octavia HillAs Told in her Letters, pp. ix - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1913