Routledge Research in Gender and History
About the Book Series
This series aims to present both case studies and the latest theoretical perspectives on the subject. It is not confined to any particular period or school of thought and seeks to provide a broad coverage of topics and events from around the world.
The Anti-Abortion Campaign in England, 1966-1989
1st Edition
By Olivia Dee
September 25, 2023
This book comprises a history of the anti-abortion campaign in England, focusing on the period 1966-1989, which saw the highest concentration of anti-abortion activity during the twentieth century. It examines the tactics deployed by campaigners in their efforts to overturn the 1967 Abortion Act. ...
Fathers and Sons in the English Middle Class, c. 1870–1920
1st Edition
By Laura Ugolini
January 09, 2023
This book explores the relationship between middle-class fathers and sons in England between c. 1870 and 1920. We now know that the conventional image of the middle-class paterfamilias of this period as cold and authoritarian is too simplistic, but there is still much to be discovered about ...
Women and Scottish Society, 1700–2000
1st Edition
By W.W.J. Knox
January 09, 2023
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, ...
Transnational Modernity in Southern Europe: Women's Periodicals and Salon Culture (1860–1920)
1st Edition
By Christina Bezari
December 30, 2022
This book explores women’s editorial and salon activities in Southern Europe and provides a comparative view of their practices. It argues that women in Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece used their double role as editors and salonnières to engage with foreign cultures, launch the careers of ...
Gender, Generations, and Communism in Central and Eastern Europe and Beyond
1st Edition
Edited
By Anna Artwińska, Agnieszka Mrozik
August 01, 2022
Communism in twentieth-century Europe is predominantly narrated as a totalitarian movement and/or regime. This book aims to go beyond this narrative and provide an alternative framework to describe the communist past. This reframing is possible thanks to the concepts of generation and gender, which...
Women and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1st Edition
By Rebecca Adami
August 06, 2020
Who were the non-Western women delegates who took part in the drafting of the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) from 1945-1948? Which member states did these women represent, and in what ways did they push for a more inclusive language than "the rights of ...
Married Women in Legal Practice: Agency and Norms in the Swedish Realm, 1350-1450
1st Edition
By Charlotte Cederbom
September 05, 2019
This book describes the ways in which married women appeared in legal practice in the medieval Swedish realm 1350-1450, through both the agency of women, and through the norms that surrounded their actions. Since there were no court protocols kept, legal practice must be studied through other ...
British Women Travellers: Empire and Beyond, 1770-1870
1st Edition
Edited
By Sutapa Dutta
August 29, 2019
This book studies the exclusive refractive perspectives of British women who took up the twin challenges of travel and writing when Britain was establishing itself as the greatest empire on earth. Contributors explore the ways in which travel writing has defined women’s engagement with Empire and ...
Gender in Urban Europe: Sites of Political Activity and Citizenship, 1750-1900
1st Edition
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By Krista Cowman, Nina Javette Koefoed, Åsa Karlsson Sjögren
August 23, 2018
This volume offers an integrated set of local studies exploring the gendering of political activities across a variety of sites ranging from print culture, courts, government and philanthropic bodies and public spaces, outlining how a particular activity was constituted as political and exploring ...
Gender, Power, and Military Occupations: Asia Pacific and the Middle East since 1945
1st Edition
Edited
By Christine De Matos, Rowena Ward
May 24, 2017
Military occupations and interventions have a gendered impact on both those engaged in occupying, and those whose lands have been occupied. Yet little is known about this gendered impact, in terms of both masculinities and femininities, either historically or in contemporary times. While research ...
The Schooling of Girls in Britain and Ireland, 1800- 1900
1st Edition
By Jane McDermid
May 24, 2017
This book compares the formal education of the majority of girls in Britain and Ireland in the nineteenth century. Previous books about ‘Britain’ invariably focus on England, and such ‘British’ studies tend not to include Ireland despite its incorporation into the Union in 1801. The Schooling of ...
Women, Educational Policy-Making and Administration in England: Authoritative Women Since 1800
1st Edition
Edited
By Joyce Goodman, Sylvia Harrop
May 13, 2016
The role of women in policy-making has been largely neglected in conventional social and political histories. This book opens up this field of study, taking the example of women in education as its focus. It examines the work, attitudes, actions and philosophies of women who played a part in ...