Women, Workplace Protest and Political Identity in England, 1968–85

di Jonathan Moss (Autore)

Manchester University Press, 2019

This book draws upon original research into women’s workplace protest to deliver a new account of working-class women’s political identity and participation in post-war England. Focusing on the voices and experiences of women who fought for equal pay, skill recognition and the right to work between 1968 and 1985, it explores why working-class women engaged in such action when they did, and it analyses the impact of workplace protest on women’s political identity. A combination of oral history and written sources are used to illuminate how everyday experiences of gender and class antagonism shaped working-class women’s political identity and participation. The book contributes a fresh understanding of the relationship between feminism, workplace activism and trade unionism during the years 1968-1985. This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5, Gender equality. -- .

• Autore: Jonathan Moss
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Collana: Gender in History
• Anno: 2019
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 208 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 138 mm
• Peso: 417 gr.
• EAN: 9781526124883

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