Caitriona Beaumont

Housewives and citizens

Domesticity and the women's movement in England, 1928-64

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the contribution that five conservative, voluntary and popular womenâ s organisations made to womenâ s lives and to the campaign for womenâ s rights throughout the period 1928â 64. -- .

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Produktdetails

• Gender in History
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780719086076
• ISBN-10: 0719086078
• Artikelnr.: 39104054

Autorenporträt

Caitríona Beaumont is Principal Lecturer in Social History at London South Bank University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Origins and aspirations: voluntary women's organisations
and the representation of housewives, mothers and citizens 2. Housewives
and citizens: the rights and duties of women citizens 3. Moral dilemmas:
divorce, birth control and abortion 4. Welfare rights for women: maternity
care, social welfare benefits and family allowances 5. Active citizenship
for women: war and protest 6. Housewives and citizens: post-war planning
and the post-war years 7. Domesticity, modernity and women's rights:
voluntary women's organisations and the women's movement 1950-64 Conclusion
Bibliography Index