| CHAPTER I | | | PAGE | | PARENTAGE AND CHILDHOOD | 1 | | | | CHAPTER II | | | EARLY WORK IN LONDON. 1851—APRIL, 1856 | 13 | | | | CHAPTER III | | | WORKING WOMEN’S CLASSES AND ART TRAINING. 1856–1858 | 80 | | | | CHAPTER IV | | | MILTON STREET, DORSET SQUARE. DECEMBER, 1858—APRIL, 1861 | 127 | | | | CHAPTER V | | | NOTTINGHAM PLACE SCHOOL. BEGINNING OF HOUSING WORK. 1860–1870 | 188 | | | | CHAPTER VI | | | 1870–1875. GROWING PUBLICITY OF OCTAVIA’S WORK | 256 | | | | CHAPTER VII | | | 1875–1878. THE OPEN SPACE MOVEMENT | 315 | | | | CHAPTER VIII | | | 1878–1881. FOREIGN TRAVELS. MANAGEMENT OF HER WORK AT HOME | 354 | | | | CHAPTER IX | | | 1881–1889. APPOINTMENT BY THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS | 440 | | | | CHAPTER X | | | FURTHER PROGRESS IN HOUSING AND OPEN SPACE WORK. 1890–1902 | 505 | | | | CHAPTER XI | | | LAST YEARS OF LIFE. 1902–1912 | 548 | | | | CONCLUSION | 580 | | | | INDEX | 585 |
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