'A Miner's Wife': Women Working-Class Poets and the Mining Industry

Citation

Blair K (2026) 'A Miner's Wife': Women Working-Class Poets and the Mining Industry. Philological Quarterly, 104 (3/4). https://english.uiowa.edu/publications-and-research/philological-quarterly

Abstract
The article examines the contributions of women working-class poets connected to the mining industry. Topics include working-class literature, women's poetry, and mining communities, highlighting how female poets used verse to express the experiences, hardships, and perspectives of mining families, while demonstrating the often-overlooked literary voices of working-class women in the nineteenth century.