This work offers a unique contribution to gender and Scottish history breaking new ground on several fronts: there is no history of inter-war women in Scotland,

This book revisits women’s workplace protest from an historical perspective to deliver a new account of working-class women’s political identity in England

Presents major new research on gender in the Scottish EnlightenmentWhat role did gender play in the Scottish Enlightenment? Combining intellectual and cultural

This collection explores the aftermath of the Representation of the People Act, which gave some British women the vote. Experts examine the paths taken by both

The two centuries after 1800 witnessed a series of sweeping changes in the way in which Britain was governed, the duties of the state, and its role in the wider