Housewives and Citizens : Domesticity and the Women’s Movement in England, 1928–64 Hardback
by Caitriona Beaumont
Part of the Gender in History series
Hardback
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This book explores the contribution that five conservative, voluntary and popular women’s organisations made to women’s lives and to the campaign for women’s rights throughout the period 1928–64.
The book challenges existing histories of the women’s movement that suggest the movement went into decline during the inter-war period, only to be revived by the emergence of the Women’s Liberation Movement in the late 1960s.
It is argued that the term 'women’s movement' must be revised to allow a broader understanding of female agency encompassing feminist, political, religious and conservative women’s groups who campaigned to improve the status of women throughout the twentieth century.
The book provides a radical re-assessment of this period of women’s history and in doing so makes a significant contribution to ongoing debates about the shape and impact of the women’s movement in twentieth-century Britain. -- .
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:30/09/2013
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- ISBN:9780719086076
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:30/09/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780719086076
