
Women's Rights
Struggles and Feminism in Britain C1770-1970
Fiona Montgomery(Author)
Manchester University Press
Published on 28. February 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7190-6955-0 (ISBN)
Description
Women in the 1770s had few rights, especially if married: they could not vote, make a contract, sue or be sued in their own names. They were barred from higher education and their earnings or incomes belonged to their husbands who could beat them and declare them insane. Two centuries later, many rights had been secured: full enfranchisement in 1928, widening opportunities in education and employment and, in theory at least, equal pay and an end to sexual discrimination.
This remarkable collection of documents offers readers access to a range of primary materials covering the major themes of women's experience: their position in law, marriage and the family, education, work, politics, sexuality and health. Each chapter contains a timeline and an introduction laying out the main issues. Featuring the work of familiar and lesser-known writers and activists, it also gives insight into the women who took part examining their motivation and the background from which they came. In this way it gives voice to the experience of the 'ordinary' woman and provides a vivid sense of what it meant to be a woman.
The book is an invaluable record for all those interested in women's lives over the last two hundred years and will be essential reading for researchers, teachers and students. -- .
This remarkable collection of documents offers readers access to a range of primary materials covering the major themes of women's experience: their position in law, marriage and the family, education, work, politics, sexuality and health. Each chapter contains a timeline and an introduction laying out the main issues. Featuring the work of familiar and lesser-known writers and activists, it also gives insight into the women who took part examining their motivation and the background from which they came. In this way it gives voice to the experience of the 'ordinary' woman and provides a vivid sense of what it meant to be a woman.
The book is an invaluable record for all those interested in women's lives over the last two hundred years and will be essential reading for researchers, teachers and students. -- .
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
366 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-6955-0 (9780719069550)
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Person
Fiona Montgomery is Head of the School of Historical and Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University -- .
Content
Acknowledgements
1. Law
2. Marriage, Motherhood, the cult of Domesticity and the Family
3. Education
4. Work
5. Politics
6. Health
7. Sexuality -- .
1. Law
2. Marriage, Motherhood, the cult of Domesticity and the Family
3. Education
4. Work
5. Politics
6. Health
7. Sexuality -- .