Women's History: Britain, 1850-1945: An Introduction

by June Purvis (Editor)

Women's History: Britain 1850-1945 introduces the main themes and debates of feminist history during this period of change, and brings together the findings of new research.
It examines the suffrage movement, race and empire, industrialisation, the impact of war and womens literature. Specialists in their own fields have each written a chapter on a key aspect of womens lives including health, the family, education, sexuality, work and politics. Each contribution provides an overview of the main issues and debates within each area and offers suggestions for further reading.
It not only provides an invaluable introduction to every aspect of womens participation in the political, social and economic history of Britain, but also brings the reader up to date with current historical thinking on the study of womens history itself.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1995

Reviews

[Ally]

Helpful to get oriented in the Vicotiran period and will be a nice reference point moving forward. Nice bib with further reading per chapter, so that's always like a nice kiss on the cheek

[Laura]

for an essay on women

[Vanessa Walker]

This was my core text book at University when I studies women's history and gender history, it is a fantastic text book as it gives a brilliant and interesting account of the lives of women and covers wide range of issue which women had to face in the past.
Would recommend to any history student or any one who is interested in history.