Women in Britain Since 1900
Women in Britain Since 1900

Author: Sue Bruley

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 9780312223755

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This woman-centered history of Britain in the 20th century traces the changing concept of femininity in different chronological time periods. Women are focused on as agents for social change, and each chapter has a section on the women's movement. A separate chapter is devoted to each of the World Wars. After reviewing women's progress over the last hundred years, the book explores the question: Have women gained equality?

Women and the Media
Women and the Media

Author: Maggie Andrews

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-24

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1135106916

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The media have played a significant role in the contested and changing social position of women in Britain since the 1900s. They have facilitated feminism by both providing discourses and images from which women can construct their identities, and offering spaces where hegemonic ideas of femininity can be reworked. This volume is intended to provide an overview of work on Broadcasting, Film and Print Media from 1900, while appealing to scholars of History and Media, Film and Cultural Studies. This edited collection features tightly focused and historically contextualised case studies which showcase current research on women and media in Britain since the 1900s. The case studies explore media directed at a particularly female audience such as Woman’s Hour, and magazines such as Vogue, Woman and Marie Claire. Women who work in the media, issues of production, and regulation are discussed alongside the representation of women across a broad range of media from early 20th-century motorcycling magazines, Page 3 and regional television news.

A Century of Women
A Century of Women

Author: Sheila Rowbotham

Publisher: Penguin Group USA

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 764

ISBN-13: 9780140279023

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A distinguished social and feminist historian chronicles the dramatic changes that have taken place in the lives of American and British women over the course of the last one hundred years, explaining how women have shaped the twentieth century and featuring essays on topics ranging from lesbian culture to Barbie dolls.

Women and Literature in Britain 1800-1900
Women and Literature in Britain 1800-1900

Author: Joanne Shattock

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-08-30

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780521659574

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These new essays by leading scholars explore nineteenth-century women's writing across a spectrum of genres. The book's focus is on women's role in and access to literary culture in the broadest sense, as consumers and interpreters as well as practitioners of that culture. Individual chapters consider women as journalists, editors, translators, scholars, actresses, playwrights, autobiographers, biographers, writers for children and religious writers as well as novelists and poets. A unique chronology offers a woman-centered perspective on literary and historical events and there is a guide to further reading.

Women in Britain, 1900-2000
Women in Britain, 1900-2000

Author: Annette Mayer

Publisher: Hodder Education

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 9780340780749

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During the 20th century, women experienced significant changes in their political, social and economic status within British society. This volume offers a detailed examination of the forces that influenced those developments. It identifies the range of factors, which helped to shift opinions and attitudes, and assisted in the continuing emancipation of women. Particular attention is given to the impact on women's lives of two World Wars, political, social, economic and educational reforms, technological change and evolving feminist ideas. The role played by key individuals is also examined. Finally, the book provides an overview of the progress achieved by women and questions the extent to which they have secured equality with men.

British Women in the Nineteenth Century
British Women in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Kathryn Gleadle

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-09-08

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1403937540

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This highly original synthesis is a clear and stimulating assessment of nineteenth-century British women. It aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the key historiographical debates and issues, placing particular emphasis upon recent, revisionist research. The book highlights not merely the ideologies and economic circumstances which shaped women's lives, but highlights the sheer diversity of women's own experiences and identities. In so doing, it presents a positive but nuanced interpretation of women's roles within their own families and communities, as well as stressing women's enormous contribution to the making of contemporary British culture and society.

Women, Religion and Feminism in Britain, 1750-1900
Women, Religion and Feminism in Britain, 1750-1900

Author: Sue Morgan

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2002-08-06

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 9780333993071

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This collection of new essays examines the pervasive influence of religion upon the lives and strategies of late eighteenth and nineteenth century women activists. The book discusses a wide range of issues from female education to lesbian passion, and the authors demonstrate through detailed case-studies, women's skilful negotiation of the boundaries between personal religious beliefs, moral attitudes and social action.

Divided Kingdom
Divided Kingdom

Author: Pat Thane

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-08-02

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1107040914

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A clear, comprehensive survey of British history from 1900 to the present, integrating political, economic, social and cultural history.

Women and Work in Britain since 1840
Women and Work in Britain since 1840

Author: Gerry Holloway

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-05-07

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1134512996

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The first book of its kind to study this period, Gerry Holloway's essential student resource works chronologically from the early 1840s to the end of the twentieth century and examines over 150 years of women’s employment history. With suggestions for research topics, an annotated bibliography to aid further research, and a chronology of important events which places the subject in a broader historical context, Gerry Holloway considers how factors such as class, age, marital status, race and locality, along with wider economic and political issues, have affected women’s job opportunities and status. Key themes and issues that run through the book include: continuity and change the sexual division of labour women as a cheap labour force women’s perceived primary role of motherhood women and trade unions equality and difference education and training. Students of women’s studies, gender studies and history will find this a fascinating and invaluable addition to their reading material.