Présentation de l'éditeur
Women's lives have changed dramatically over the course of the twentieth century: reduced fertility and the removal of formal barriers to their participation in education, work and public life are just some examples. At the same time, women are under-represented in many areas, are paid significantly less than men, continue to experience domestic violence and to bear the larger part of the burden in the domestic division of labour. Women in 2000 may have many more choices and opportunities than they had a hundred years ago, but genuine equality between men and women remains elusive. This unique, illustrated history discusses a wide range of topics organised into four parts: the life course - the experience of girlhood, marriage and the ageing process; the nature of women's work, both paid and unpaid; consumption, culture and transgression; and citizenship and the state.
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Quatrième de couverture
Women's lives in Britain have changed dramatically over the course of the twentieth century: reduced fertility and hugely increased participation in education, work and public life are just some examples. At the same time, women are under-represented in many areas, are paid significantly less than men, continue to experience domestic violence and to bear the larger part of the burden in the domestic division of labour. This unique, illustrated history ranges across the vast changes of two world wars and diverse political and cultural revolutions. It discusses a range of the central features to women's experience: the life course - girlhood, marriage and the ageing processthe nature of women's work, both paid and unpaidconsumption, culture and transgressioncitizenship and the state This book is essential to any understanding of the history and social changes of twentieth century Britain. Ina Zweiniger-Bargielowska is Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois. Her previous publications include `Austerity in Britain' (2000).
