{"product_id":"housewives-and-citizens-gender-in-history-domesticity-and-the-womens-movement-in-england-192864-9780719097256","title":"Housewives and citizens Gender in History","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\u003e'Housewives 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\u003e\u003ci\u003eJune Purvis, Times Higher Education, 21 November 2013\u003c\/i\u003e\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\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037354426711,"sku":"9780719097256","price":23.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719097256.jpg?v=1750935413","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/housewives-and-citizens-gender-in-history-domesticity-and-the-womens-movement-in-england-192864-9780719097256","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}