Struggle and suffrage in Manchester : women's lives and the fight for equality /

"'Women are not persons.' That was the ruling of the Court of Appeal when Gwynneth Bebb challenged the Law Soceity to allow her to take exams and become a solicitor. The case was dismissed because only 'persons' (i.e. males) could become members of the Law Society, proving t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cooper, Glynis (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2018.
Temas:
1800-1899
Women > Suffrage > England > Manchester > History > 19th century.
Femmes > Suffrage > Angleterre > Manchester > Histoire > 19e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Women > Suffrage.
England > Manchester.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Education and training
  • Working and childcare: domestic service, home-working, factories, offices, shops, changes in the First and Second World Wars
  • Aspects of women's lives in home and romance: courtship, marriage, divorce, housing, food, clothes, pregnancy
  • Health: local public health reports, maternity pre-NHS, sexual health, effects of poverty on health, mental health
  • Leisure: reading and writing, entertainments, arts and crafts, social groups, sports
  • Active citizens: trade unions, Votes for Women Campaign, school boards, political parties, roles in churches, councils.

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