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Hidden from History
Sheila Rowbotham
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Description for Hidden from History
Paperback. 'An important and valuable achievement.' New York Times 'Groundbreaking .. One of the first books to make women's history available to a wide audience.' Guardian Series: Pluto Classics. Num Pages: 182 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 240.
In this classic study of women in Britain from the Puritan revolution of the mid-seventeenth century to the 1930s, Sheila Rowbotham shows how class and sex, work and the family, personal life and social pressures have shaped and hindered women’s struggles for equality.
She explores the different effects that changes in the process of production have on middle-class and working-class women; why birth control and the organisation of working women have been perceived as threatening to traditional male control of the family; how paid work and work in the home are intricately related and determine the social ... Read more
In this classic study of women in Britain from the Puritan revolution of the mid-seventeenth century to the 1930s, Sheila Rowbotham shows how class and sex, work and the family, personal life and social pressures have shaped and hindered women’s struggles for equality.
She explores the different effects that changes in the process of production have on middle-class and working-class women; why birth control and the organisation of working women have been perceived as threatening to traditional male control of the family; how paid work and work in the home are intricately related and determine the social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
Series
Pluto Classics
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780904383560
SKU
V9780904383560
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99-50
About Sheila Rowbotham
Sheila Rowbotham's books have been translated into many languages and her early works are currently being reissued as classic texts of feminism. She is an Honorary Fellow in Social Science at Manchester University. Her recent work includes Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love (Verso 2008), Dreamers of a New Day (Verso 2011), Friends of Alice Wheeldon (Pluto, 2015) ... Read more
Reviews for Hidden from History
'Groundbreaking ... One of the first books to make women's history available to a wide audience.'
Guardian 'I admire Sheila Rowbotham's directness. Women should be grateful for a book of this kind, which fills our inadequate record of the past'
New Statesman 'An important and valuable achievement.'
New York Times
Guardian 'I admire Sheila Rowbotham's directness. Women should be grateful for a book of this kind, which fills our inadequate record of the past'
New Statesman 'An important and valuable achievement.'
New York Times