Hidden From History by Sheila Rowbotham

Hidden From History by Sheila Rowbotham

In this classic study of women in Britain from the Puritan revolution of the mid-seventeenth century to the 1930s, Sheila Rowbotham shows how class and sex, work and the family, personal life and social pressures have shaped and hindered women’s struggles for equality. She explores the different effects that changes in the process of production have on middle-class and working-class women; why birth control and the organisation of working women have been perceived as threatening to traditional male control of the family; how paid work and work in the home are intricately related and determine the social valuation of women – and why these and many other issues have continued to arise in different form throughout modern history.

'Groundbreaking.. One of the first books to make women's history available to a wide audience.' -- Guardian
'I admire Sheila Rowbotham's directness. Women should be grateful for a book of this kind, which fills our inadequate record of the past' -- New Statesman
'An important and valuable achievement.' -- New York Times

Sheila Rowbotham's books have been translated into many languages and her early works are currently being reissued as classic texts of feminism. She is an Honorary Fellow in Social Science at Manchester University. Her recent work includes Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love (Verso 2008), Dreamers of a New Day (Verso 2011), Friends of Alice Wheeldon (Pluto, 2015) and Rebel Crossings (Verso, 2016).

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ISBN 13	9780904383560
ISBN 10	0904383563
Title	Hidden From History
Author	Sheila Rowbotham
Series	Pluto Classics
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pluto Press
Year published	1992-09-20
Number of pages	182
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