Remittance Woman

GPTKB entity

Statements (14)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf social term
gptkbp:culturalDepiction gptkb:literature
historical studies
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:British_Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Remittance Woman
gptkbp:notableFor colonial societies
gptkbp:period 19th century
early 20th century
gptkbp:reasonForRemittance to live away from home, often due to social stigma or family embarrassment
gptkbp:recipient regular remittances from family
gptkbp:refersTo a woman sent abroad or to a distant part of the British Empire
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Remittance_Man
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Remittance_Man
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8