Women in Twentieth-Century Britain

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Women in Twentieth-Century Britain

Social, Cultural and Political Change

Gender studies: women and girls European history Social and cultural history

Author: Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 30th July 2014

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 10 Mb

ISBN: 9781317876915


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, illustrated history discusses a wide range of topics organised into four parts

the life course - the experience of girlhood, marriage and the ageing process; the nature of women''s work, both paid and unpaid; consumption, culture and transgression; and citizenship and the state.

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