Edited by Steven Oliver, Tuesday 26 May 2026 at 16:31
The five : the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper
by Hallie Rubenhold
Published 2019, by Doubleday
ISBN : 9780857524485
Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols
Annie Chapman
Elizabeth Stride
Catherine Eddowes
Mary Jane Kelly
This was a chance encounter really, a book that was mentioned briefly in a tutorial on a different topic. It is a 'trade' history book that gives an excellent, if deeply depressing, account of what can be pieced together of the lives of the five women who died in the autumn of 1888, murdered by 'Jack'. It filled out a lot of the A225 material around lifecycle poverty and about the position of women in society. There is a good summary of many of the points made in the book in this review in the Guardian.
The Five
The five : the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper
by Hallie Rubenhold
Published 2019, by Doubleday
ISBN : 9780857524485
Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols
Annie Chapman
Elizabeth Stride
Catherine Eddowes
Mary Jane Kelly
This was a chance encounter really, a book that was mentioned briefly in a tutorial on a different topic. It is a 'trade' history book that gives an excellent, if deeply depressing, account of what can be pieced together of the lives of the five women who died in the autumn of 1888, murdered by 'Jack'. It filled out a lot of the A225 material around lifecycle poverty and about the position of women in society. There is a good summary of many of the points made in the book in this review in the Guardian.
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