{"product_id":"housewives-and-citizens-domesticity-and-the-womens-movement-in-england-192864-gender-in-history-9780719086076","title":"Housewives and Citizens Domesticity and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores the contribution that five conservative, voluntary and popular women’s organisations made to women’s lives and to the campaign for women’s rights throughout the period 1928–64.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHousewives and Citizens offers a refreshing perspective on women's activism in 20th century England, enlarging - and challenging - our study of the past. It is a timely reminder that women who did not identify with feminism were nonetheless active in campaigning for improvements in women's lot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeaumont has provided a scrupulous, scholarly and convincing history of the extensive role of women and the women’s movement in mid twentieth century public life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatriona Beaumont makes an important contribution to a growing historiography which seeks to suggest that the period from universal female suffrage in 1928 to the emergence of ‘Second Wave’ feminism in the 1960s was a time of greater achievements for the women’s movement than is often assumed.\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Origins and aspirations: voluntary women’s organisations and the representation of housewives, mothers and citizens\u003cbr\u003e2. Housewives and citizens: the rights and duties of women citizens\u003cbr\u003e3. Moral dilemmas: divorce, birth control and abortion\u003cbr\u003e4. Welfare rights for women: maternity care, social welfare benefits and family allowances \u003cbr\u003e5. Active citizenship for women: war and protest \u003cbr\u003e6. Housewives and citizens: post-war planning and the post-war years\u003cbr\u003e7. Domesticity, modernity and women’s rights: voluntary women’s organisations and the women’s movement 1950–64\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49922448228695,"sku":"9780719086076","price":63.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719086076.jpg?v=1738537916","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/housewives-and-citizens-domesticity-and-the-womens-movement-in-england-192864-gender-in-history-9780719086076","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}