Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Origins and aspirations: voluntary women’s organisations and the representation of housewives, mothers and citizens
2. Housewives and citizens: the rights and duties of women citizens
3. Moral dilemmas: divorce, birth control and abortion
4. Welfare rights for women: maternity care, social welfare benefits and family allowances
5. Active citizenship for women: war and protest
6. Housewives and citizens: post-war planning and the post-war years
7. Domesticity, modernity and women’s rights: voluntary women’s organisations and the women’s movement 1950–64
Conclusion
Index

About the Author

Caitrona Beaumont is Principal Lecturer in Social History at London South Bank University

Reviews

'Housewives and Citizens offers a refreshing perspective on women's activism in 20th century England, enlarging - and challenging - our study of the past. It is a timely reminder that women who did not identify with feminism were nonetheless active in campaigning for improvements in women's lot.'

June Purvis, Times Higher Education, 21 November 2013
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