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