This revised edition brings the history of the women's movement in Britain up to the end of the 20th century. The author focuses attention on the different gene

This book offers a comprehensive history of the women's movements in the United States and Britain from the late eighteenth century through the 1920s, detailing

A rich and fresh survey of women's lives between George III and the First World War Using diaries, letters, memoirs as well as social and statistical research,

A study of the 'New Woman' phenomenon, examining whether British women really achieved the economic independence to challenge social conventions.