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Gender, Work and Education in Britain in the 1950s
Stephanie Spencer
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Hardback. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; JFSJ1; JHBL; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Improvements in education and economic expansion in the 1950s ensured a range of school-leaving employment opportunities. Yet girls' full acceptance as adult women was still confirmed by marriage and motherhood rather than employment. This book examines the gendered nature of 'career'. Using both written sources and oral history it enters the theoretical debate over the significance of gender by considering the relationship between individual 'women' and the dominant representation of 'Woman'.
Improvements in education and economic expansion in the 1950s ensured a range of school-leaving employment opportunities. Yet girls' full acceptance as adult women was still confirmed by marriage and motherhood rather than employment. This book examines the gendered nature of 'career'. Using both written sources and oral history it enters the theoretical debate over the significance of gender by considering the relationship between individual 'women' and the dominant representation of 'Woman'.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403938169
SKU
V9781403938169
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Ref
99-15
About Stephanie Spencer
STEPHANIE SPENCER is Lecturer in the School of Education, University College Winchester, UK. Like many women of her generation she has an eclectic career profile. During a ten year 'gap' between school and university she taught at the Cordon Bleu School in London and ran a vegetarian restaurant. Her first degree was from the Open University, after which she went ... Read more
Reviews for Gender, Work and Education in Britain in the 1950s
A timely intervention into the historiography of the post-war world...Full of rich and fascinating material. - Jane Martin, Gender and Education