Women and Scottish Society, 1700–2000

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Synopsis

This book attempts to cover all the important aspects of a woman’s life in Scotland, examining how and why it changed over the last 300 years. It walks us through the day-to-day existence of Scottish women and in doing so covers areas such as family and household, education, work and politics, religion and sexuality, crime and punishment. While sensitive to the differences among women, regarding colour, class and sexuality, the book seeks to establish a close and reciprocal relationship between women’s history and gender history; the first delineating the struggles of women for parity with men in economic, legal and political spheres; the second, as means of unravelling the continuing ways in which power is unequally distributed within the home, the workplace and in institutions, and in contesting the male-centred narratives of the past.

Book details

Series:
Routledge Research in Gender and History (Book 44)
Author:
W.W.J. Knox
ISBN:
9781000382372
Related ISBNs:
9781003144212, 9780367700096, 9780367700102
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
258
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2021-05-03
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2021
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Social Studies