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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786785903321

Titolo

Women in twentieth-century Britain / / edited by Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

1-317-87691-1

1-315-83845-1

1-317-87692-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Zweiniger-BargielowskaIna

Disciplina

916.1209346

Soggetti

Feminism - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Women - Great Britain - Social conditions

Great Britain Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2001 by Pearson Education Ltd.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Changing the Subject: Women's History and Historiography 1900-2000; PART ONE: THE LIFE COURSE; 3. Girlhood and Growing Up; 4. Sexuality; 5. Marriage; 6. Health and Reproduction; 7. Ageing - Older Women; PART TWO: WORK - PAID AND UNPAID; 8. Education; 9. Family, Caring and Unpaid Work; 10. Housewifery; 11. Paid Work; PART THREE: CULTURE, CONSUMPTION AND TRANSGRESSION; 12. The Body and Consumer Culture; 13. Crime; 14. Prostitution

15. Leisure and Popular CulturePART FOUR: THE STATE AND CITIZENSHIP; 16. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship from the late Nineteenth Century until 1918; 17. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship, 1918-1950s; 18. The Women's Movement, Politics and Citizenship, 1960s-2000; 19. 'Race', Ethnicity and National Identity; 20. War and Peace; 21. The State and Social Policy; Key Dates and Events; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Women's lives have changed dramatically over the course of the twentieth century: reduced fertility and the removal of formal barriers



to their participation in education, work and public life are just some examples. At the same time, women are under-represented in many areas, are paid significantly less than men, continue to experience domestic violence and to bear the larger part of the burden in the domestic division of labour. Women in 2000 may have many more choices and opportunities than they had a hundred years ago, but genuine equality between men and women remains elusive. This unique