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Women in Fifties Britain

Author : Penny Tinkler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351591177
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Women in Fifties Britain written by Penny Tinkler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contented housewives, glamorous women, jive-mad teenagers – all are common figures in popular perceptions of 1950s Britain. But what more did it mean to be a girl or woman in the fifties? And what are the implications of this history for understanding post-war Britain? Women in Fifties Britain explores the lived experience of girls and women, and the way in which their story has been told. Crossing boundaries – disciplinary, conceptual and thematic – and drawing creatively on new and established sources, it extends and enriches the terrain of women’s history. Diverse groups of women come into view, including farmer’s wives, university-educated women, activist housewives, working mothers, Jewish refugees, girls ‘at risk’ and private secretaries. Revealing that their private, public and professional lives were central to reshaping society, the collection engages with the legacy of World War II, and with questions about the distinctiveness of the 1950s. Embracing emotion, labour, gender, class, race, sociability, sexuality and much more, the authors offer penetrating exploration of established and new categories of historical analysis. Placing the politics of gender at the heart of Britain’s reconstruction, this engaging and important collection re-visions 1950s Britain and the women that made it. This book was originally published as a special issue of Women’s History Review.

Women in Fifties Britain

Author : Penny Tinkler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781315102146
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Women in Fifties Britain written by Penny Tinkler and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Contented housewives, glamorous women, jive-mad teenagers – all are common figures in popular perceptions of 1950s Britain. But what more did it mean to be a girl or woman in the fifties? And what are the implications of this history for understanding post-war Britain? Women in Fifties Britain explores the lived experience of girls and women, and the way in which their story has been told. Crossing boundaries – disciplinary, conceptual and thematic – and drawing creatively on new and established sources, it extends and enriches the terrain of women’s history. Diverse groups of women come into view, including farmer’s wives, university-educated women, activist housewives, working mothers, Jewish refugees, girls ‘at risk’ and private secretaries. Revealing that their private, public and professional lives were central to reshaping society, the collection engages with the legacy of World War II, and with questions about the distinctiveness of the 1950s. Embracing emotion, labour, gender, class, race, sociability, sexuality and much more, the authors offer penetrating exploration of established and new categories of historical analysis. Placing the politics of gender at the heart of Britain’s reconstruction, this engaging and important collection re-visions 1950s Britain and the women that made it.This book was originally published as a special issue of Women’s History Review. "--Provided by publisher.

Her Brilliant Career

Author : Rachel Cooke
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062333887
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Her Brilliant Career written by Rachel Cooke and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exuberant group biography—"a splendidly various collection of 'brief lives' written with both gusto and sensitivity" (The Guardian)—that follows ten women in 1950s Britain whose pioneering lives paved the way for feminism and laid the foundation of modern women's success. In Her Brilliant Career, Rachel Cooke goes back in time to offer an entertaining and iconoclastic look at ten women in the 1950s—pioneers whose professional careers and complicated private lives helped to create the opportunities available to today's women. These plucky and ambitious individuals—among them a film director, a cook, an architect, an editor, an archaeologist, a race car driver—left the house, discovered the bliss of work, and ushered in the era of the working woman. Daring and independent, these remarkable unsung heroines—whose obscurity makes their accomplishments all the more astonishing and relevant —loved passionately, challenged men's control, made their own mistakes, and took life on their own terms, breaking new ground and offering inspiration. Their individual portraits gradually form a landscape of 1950s culture, and women's unique—and rapidly evolving—role. Before there could be a Danica Patrick, there had to be a Sheila van Damm; before there was Barbara Walters, there was Nancy Spain; before there was Kathryn Bigelow, came Muriel Box. The pioneers of Her Brilliant Career forever changed the fabric of culture, society, and the work force. This is the Fifties, retold: vivid, surprising and, most of all, modern. Her Brilliant Career is illustrated with more than 80 black-and-white photographs.

Women in British Public Life, 1914-1950

Author : Helen Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Women in British Public Life, 1914-1950 written by Helen Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the ways in which women challenged the British educational, employment and welfare systems after the franchise. Helen Jones explores how women adapted their strategies to confront the system from within, and what constraints were imposed on them. She also examines the active role that British women played in Continental Europe, and an important comparative chapter looks at the experience of women in France, Germany, Italy, Australia and the USA.

A History of Britain in 21 Women

Author : Jenni Murray
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780749910
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book A History of Britain in 21 Women written by Jenni Murray and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 21 Women They were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politicians. They all pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world. Jenni Murray presents the history of Britain as you’ve never seen it before, through the lives of twenty-one women who refused to succumb to the established laws of society, whose lives embodied hope and change, and who still have the power to inspire us today.

Women in England 1870-1950

Author : Jane E. Lewis
Publisher : Brighton, Sussex : Wheatsheaf Books ; Bloomington : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in England 1870-1950 written by Jane E. Lewis and published by Brighton, Sussex : Wheatsheaf Books ; Bloomington : Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gender, Work and Education in Britain in the 1950s

Author : S. Spencer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230286186
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Gender, Work and Education in Britain in the 1950s written by S. Spencer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-08-17 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improvements in education and economic expansion in the 1950s ensured a range of school-leaving employment opportunities. Yet girls' full acceptance as adult women was still confirmed by marriage and motherhood rather than employment. This book examines the gendered nature of 'career'. Using both written sources and oral history it enters the theoretical debate over the significance of gender by considering the relationship between individual 'women' and the dominant representation of 'Woman'.

British Cinema in the Fifties

Author : Christine Geraghty
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134694644
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book British Cinema in the Fifties written by Christine Geraghty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fifties British cinema won large audiences with popular war films and comedies, creating stars such as Dirk Bogarde and Kay Kendall, and introducing the stereotypes of war hero, boffin and comic bureaucrat which still help to define images of British national identity. In British Cinema in the Fifties, Christine Geraghty examines some of the most popular films of this period, exploring the ways in which they approached contemporary social issues such as national identity, the end of empire, new gender roles and the care of children. Through a series of case studies on films as diverse as It Always Rains on Sunday and Genevieve, Simba and The Wrong Arm of the Law, Geraghty explores some of the key debates about British cinema and film theory, contesting current emphases on contradiction, subversion and excess and exploring the curious mix of rebellion and conformity which marked British cinema in the post-war era.

Women and Work Culture

Author : Louise A. Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351872087
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Women and Work Culture written by Louise A. Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's work has proved to be an important and lively subject of debate for historians. An earlier focus on the pay, conditions and occupational opportunities of predominantly blue-collar working-class women has now been joined by an interest in other social groups (white-collar workers, clerical workers and professionals) as well as in the cultural practices of the work place, reflecting in part the recent 'cultural turn' in historical methodology. Although the term 'culture' is debated and contested, this volume reflects this diversity, addressing a variety of interpretations. The individual essays address such issues as how women have created occupational and professional identities, negotiated masculine working practices (cultural, legal and institutional) and created their own 'feminine' environments. They also examine the integration of paid work with domestic responsibilities, the concept of 'career' for women, and the construction and representation of women's work within the wider cultural landscape.' By focusing on the experiences of British women between c.1850 and 1950, the collection vividly demonstrates that the association of 'work' with paid labour is problematic and that the categories of 'work', 'leisure' and 'consumption' must be viewed as overlapping and inter-linked rather than as separate entities. Furthermore, it highlights the ways in which the concept of gender operated as an organising principle in the construction and negotiation of identities and practices in British society.

Encyclopedia of British Women’s Writing 1900–1950

Author : Ashlie Sponenberg
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230379478
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of British Women’s Writing 1900–1950 written by Ashlie Sponenberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-23 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging resource which includes information on many previously neglected British women writers (novelists, poets, dramatists, autobiographers) and topics. It provides contextualizing material, with concise introductions to related topics, including organizations, movements, genres and publications.

Special Issue: Revisioning the History of Girls and Women in Britain in the Long 1950s

Author : Penny Tinkler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Special Issue: Revisioning the History of Girls and Women in Britain in the Long 1950s written by Penny Tinkler and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Young Women, Work, and Family in England 1918-1950

Author : Selina Todd
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191536113
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Young Women, Work, and Family in England 1918-1950 written by Selina Todd and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-09-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating account of young women's lives challenges existing assumptions about working class life and womanhood in England between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the 1950s. While contemporaries commonly portrayed young women as pleasure-loving leisure consumers, this book argues that the world of work was in fact central to their life experiences. Social and economic history are woven together to examine the working, family, and social lives of the maids, factory workers, shop assistants, and clerks who made up the majority of England's young women. Selina Todd traces the complex interaction between class, gender, and locale that shaped young women's roles at work and home, indicating that paid work structured people's lives more profoundly than many social histories suggest. Rich autobiographical accounts show that, while poverty continued to constrain life choices, young women also made their own history. Far from being apathetic workers or pliant consumers, they forged new patterns of occupational and social mobility, were important breadwinners in working class homes, developed a distinct youth culture, and acted as workplace militants. In doing so they helped to shape twentieth-century society.

Women in Britain

Author : Janet H. Howarth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786724243
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Women in Britain written by Janet H. Howarth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The millennium has sharpened perspectives on the history of women in twentieth-century Britain. Many features of the contemporary gender order date only from the last decades of the century – the expectation of equal opportunities in education and the work-place, sexual autonomy for the individual and tolerance of a variety of family forms. The years dominated by the two World Wars saw real advances towards equal citizenship and legal rights, and a growing sense of the impact on women of 'modernity' in its various forms, including consumerism and the mass media. But values inherited from the Victorians were still reflected in the class hierarchy, the policing of sexuality and the male-breadwinner family. This anthology of original sources, accompanied by a state-of-the-art bibliography, illustrates patterns of continuity and change in women's experience and their place in national life. An introductory survey provides an accessible overview and analysis of controversial issues, such as the relationship between 'first', 'second' and 'third' wave feminism.

Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes

Author : Virginia Nicholson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781510017924
Total Pages : 623 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes written by Virginia Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes' reconstructs the real 1950s, through the eyes of the women who lived it. Step back in time to where our grandmothers scrubbed their doorsteps, cared for their families, lived, laughed, loved and struggled. This is their story.

Healthy Is the New Skinny

Author : Katie H. Willcox
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401951635
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Healthy Is the New Skinny written by Katie H. Willcox and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a world where beauty is everything. Society tells us that if we just looked a certain way, if we had the right products, if we were skinny enough, then we would be enough —we would have value. Society is wrong, but it took Katie H. Willcox years to understand this: “Over the course of my 30 short years, I have both worked as a professional model and been the exact opposite of our culture’s beauty ideal. I have struggled with my weight and felt like I didn’t and never would fit in. Then I had a powerful realization: my misery and self-loathing didn’t change with my weight or how ‘pretty’ society thought I was, so my looks weren’t the source of happiness and worth that I had believed them to be. But then, what was? And how had I come to invest so much of myself in beliefs that were so untrue?” In these pages, Katie shares the lessons she learned in her journey to find the answers to these questions. She reveals who gains from our feeling small and why we need to examine the messages we receive from our culture and our families. She explains how we can redefine beauty, make healthy the new “skinny,” and harness the power of our thoughts to choose self-love. Katie encourages us to discover our true magnificent selves, find our purpose, and pursue our dreams —and help others to do the same. Join the movement! Visit www.HealthyIsTheNewSkinny.com and follow us on Instagram @healthyisthenewskinny.

Black British Women’s Writing in the 1970s and Beyond

Author : Camille S. Alexander
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527552756
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Black British Women’s Writing in the 1970s and Beyond written by Camille S. Alexander and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black British writing in the decades after the Windrush generation was marked by a significant change: more immigrant women were published in the UK in these decades than ever before. This book is a collection of essays examining the texts of some of these women writers. Included are essays on Black British women writers, such as Warshan Shire, Eintou Pearl Springer, Beryl Gilroy, Buchi Emecheta, and Barbara Jenkins, which span the literary period from the 1970s to the early 2000s. The essays in this collection propose that these women writers represent the voices of another subgenre of Black British writing, and they are connected – through immigration or temporary migration – to the UK. Yet, they also remain firmly attached to their geographical and cultural origins. The essays included in this collection explore what it means to be a Black British woman writer, and how members of this group were able to conceptualise ‘home’ in their fiction.

Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2000s

Author : Forster Laurel Forster
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474470009
Total Pages : 709 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Women's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2000s written by Forster Laurel Forster and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foregrounds the diversity of periodicals, fiction and other printed matter targeted at women in the postwar periodForegrounds the diversity and the significance of print cultures for women in the postwar period across periodicals, fiction and other printed matterExamines changes and continuities as women's magazines have moved into digital formatsHighlights the important cultural and political contexts of women's periodicals including the Women's Liberation Movement and SocialismExplores the significance of women as publishers, printers and editorsWomen's Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1940s-2000s draws attention to the wide range of postwar print cultures for women. The collection spans domestic, cultural and feminist magazines and extends to ephemera, novels and other printed matter as well as digital magazine formats. The range of essays indicates both the history of publishing for women and the diversity of readers and audiences over the mid-late twentieth century and the early twenty-first century in Britain. The collection reflects in detail the important ways in magazines and printed matter contributed to, challenged, or informed British women's culture. A range of approaches, including interview, textual analysis and industry commentary are employed in order to demonstrate the variety of ways in which the impact of postwar print media may be understood.