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Author Beaumont, CaitrĂ­ona, author

Title Housewives and citizens : domesticity and the women's movement in England, 1928-64 / CaitrĂ­ona Beaumont
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages)
Series Gender in history
Gender in history
Summary This book explores the contribution that five conservative voluntary and popular women's organisations made to women's lives and to the campaign for women's rights throughout the period 1928-64
Analysis Citizenship
conservative
domesticity
female agency
feminism
housewives
voluntary women's organisations
women's liberation movement
women's movement
women's rights
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mothers' Union -- History -- 20th century
National Council of Women of Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
National Federation of Women's Institutes -- History -- 20th century
National Union of Townswomen's Guilds -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT Mothers' Union fast
National Council of Women of Great Britain fast
National Federation of Women's Institutes fast
National Union of Townswomen's Guilds fast
Subject Women's rights -- Great Britain -- History
Women -- Political activity -- Great Britain -- History
Women's institutes -- England -- History -- 20th century
Women -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
HISTORY -- Historiography.
Women's rights
Women -- Political activity
Women -- Societies and clubs
Women's institutes
Great Britain
England
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online). MaRLi UPSO 2014
ISBN 1781705976
9781781705971
9781784991944
1784991945