Forgotten wives : how women get written out of history /

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Forgotten Wives examines how marriage has contributed to the active 'disremembering' of women's achievements. Ann Oakley uses case studies of four women married to well-known men to ask questions about gender inequality and contributes a fresh vision of how the welfare state developed...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Oakley, Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : University of Bristol Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Beveridge, Janet Beveridge, > Baroness, > 1876-1959.
Tawney, Jeannette.
Booth, Mary Catherine, > 1847-1939.
Shaw, Charlotte Frances, > 1857-1943.
1900-1999
Women > History > 20th century.
Wives > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Femmes > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes mariées > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Wives.
Women.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of illustrations and sources
  • About the author
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • 1. The condition of wifehood
  • 2. Mary Booth
  • 3. Charlotte Shaw
  • 4. Jeannette Tawney
  • 5. Janet Beveridge
  • 6. A life of her own
  • Notes and sources
  • Index
  • Back cover

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