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Women's Rights
Fiona Montgomery
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Description for Women's Rights
Hardback. This exciting collection of documents offers readers access to primary material illustrating the experiences of women in Britain in politics, society and daily life in the period 1770 to the 1970s. Series Editor(s): Bennett, Harry. Series: Documents in Modern History. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; JFSJ1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 27. Weight in Grams: 463.
Women in the 1770s had few rights, especially if married: they could not vote, make a contract, sue or be sued in their own names. They were barred from higher education and their earnings or incomes belonged to their husbands who could beat them and declare them insane. Two centuries later, many rights had been secured: full enfranchisement in 1928, widening opportunities in education and employment and, in theory at least, equal pay and an end to sexual discrimination.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Documents in Modern History
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719069543
SKU
V9780719069543
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About Fiona Montgomery
Fiona Montgomery is Head of the School of Historical and Cultural Studies at Bath Spa University -- .
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