基本説明
Combines seminal original sources with state-of-the-art historiography
and summaries to guide the student through all aspects of the history of the women's movement.
Full Description
The millennium has sharpened perspectives on the history of women in twentieth-century Britain. Many features of the contemporary gender order date only from the last decades of the century - the expectation of equal opportunities in education and the work-place, sexual autonomy for the individual and tolerance of a variety of family forms. The years dominated by the two World Wars saw real advances towards equal citizenship and legal rights, and a growing sense of the impact on women of 'modernity' in its various forms, including consumerism and the mass media. But values inherited from the Victorians were still reflected in the class hierarchy, the policing of sexuality and the male-breadwinner family.
This anthology of original sources, accompanied by a state-of-the-art bibliography, illustrates patterns of continuity and change in women's experience and their place in national life. An introductory survey provides an accessible overview and analysis of controversial issues, such as the relationship between 'first', 'second' and 'third' wave feminism.
Contents
List of Illustrations and Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Class, Region and Ethnicity
2. Family and Work
3. Education
4. Sex and Sexualities
5. Feminisms and Femininity
6. The Great War, 1914-18
7. Franchise and After, 1918-39: The Modern Woman?
8. War and Reconstruction, 1939-51
9. The Fifties and Sixties
10. Women's Lib to Post-Feminism? 1970-2000
A History of Women in Britain. Sources and Readings from the Twentieth Century
Select Bibliography
Permission Notes and Acknowledgements
Index of Persons
Subject Index
