Eleanor Gordon
Professor emerita and historian of Scottish social and family history who co-authored the book on working-class courtship, marriage, and divorce in Scotland (1855–1939) and contributes expertise on family forms, illegitimacy, and marriage regulation.
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Mar 6, 2026 • 1h 4min
Eleanor Gordon et al., "Working-Class Courtship, Marriage, and Divorce in Scotland, 1855–1939" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Katie Barclay, historian of family and emotional life, and Eleanor Gordon, professor emerita of Scottish social history, discuss working-class courtship, marriage, and divorce in Scotland, 1855–1939. They explore courtship practices, changing leisure and intimacy, regional illegitimacy patterns, irregular marriage and cohabitation, the effects of war and regulation, and how emotions showed up in everyday care.
Mar 5, 2026 • 1h 4min
Eleanor Gordon et al., "Working-Class Courtship, Marriage, and Divorce in Scotland, 1855–1939" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Katie Barclay, historian of family practices, and Eleanor Gordon, scholar of Scottish social history, discuss working-class courtship, marriage, and divorce in Scotland from 1855–1939. They trace regional diversity, courtship rituals before and after WWI, patterns of illegitimacy and non-marital sex, household forms and cohabitation, and how marriages broke down amid war and social change.
