SHOPGIRLS: THE TRUE LIFE STORY OF LIFE BEHIND THE COUNTER (BBC2 2014)

For the first time, this BBC series tells the story of the women who served behind our counters, playing a vital and often ground-breaking part in our shared social history. Professor Pamela Cox presents this 3-part series of how the story of British shopgirls is woven deep into the fabric of our history – and changed the way we understand our society. From hidden obscurity of Victorian Haberdashery through the suffragette movement to the female entrepreneurs who kick started the swinging ‘60’s.

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