Women's Activism in Twentieth-Century Britain : Making a Difference Across the Political Spectrum /

This book serves as an introduction to the extraordinary diversity of women's activism. Paula Bartley's original research is supported by a range of writing to provide a powerful impression of the actions taken by groups of women from across the social and political spectrum, making the bo...

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Main Author: Bartley, Paula (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Series:Gender and History
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Themes and Debates
  • 2. A New Age: 1900-1914
  • 3. The Home Front: 1914-1918
  • 4. The Not-So-Roaring Twenties: 1918-1929
  • 5. The Hungry Thirties: 1930-1939
  • 6. The Second World War: 1939-1945
  • 7. The Post-War World: 1945-1960
  • 8. The Less-Than-Swinging Sixties: 1960-1970
  • 9. The Selfish Seventies?: 1970-1979
  • 10. Margaret Thatcher's Age and After: 1979-2000
  • 11. Conclusion: Change and Continuities.