Title Visionary women and visible children, England 1900-1920 : childhood and the women's movement / Berry Mayall

Published [Cham, Switzerland] : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (236 pages) Contents Chapter one Introduction -- Chapter two The women's movement and childhood, 1900-1920 -- Chapter three The economics of childhood: home and neighborhood -- Chapter four Experiencing elementary school -- Chapter five Women and children and the Great War years -- Chapter six After the Great War Summary This book addresses the inter-linked lives and fortunes of children and women in the first two decades of the twentieth century in England. This was a time of shifts in thinking and practice about children's and women's status, lived lives and experiences. The book provides a detailed explanation of how children experienced home, neighbourhood and elementary school; as well as discussing the impact of the women's movement, namely its suffrage and socialist work. These two concerns are linked by the work women did about and for children. Essentially, the book explores childhood and womanhood; generation and gender; and socialism and feminism. Using existing studies on women's work, and autobiographies and interviews about childhood, Mayall argues that women played a large part in re-thinking childhood as a special period in life, and children as participants in learning and in politics. This book will appeal to students and researchers in the fields of history, education and sociology, particularly those interested in the women's movement, and the history of childhood Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Feminism -- England -- 20th century Women's rights -- England -- 20th century Children -- Social conditions -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Children -- Social conditions Feminism Manners and customs Women's rights SUBJECT England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043325 Subject England Form Electronic book ISBN 9783319612072 3319612077

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