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Women and Work in Modern Britain

Book by Rosemary Crompton; Oxford University Press, 1997

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Women Employees--Great Britain, Women--Employment--Great Britain, Work And Family--Great Britain

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...Republic do nearly as well as French women, and British women do least well of all in relation...in hourly wage-rates between women in the four countries are a reflection...been negative for British women. Britain has the highest levels of part...
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Working for Women? Gendered Work and Welfare Policies in Twentieth-Century Britain

Book by Celia Briar; UCL Press, 1997

Subjects:

Equal Pay For Equal Work--Great Britain, Sex Discrimination In Employment--Great Britain, Women's Rights--Great Britain, Women--Employment--Law And Legislation--Great Britain, Women--Great Britain--Social Conditions

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LEWIS, J. (1992) Women in Britain since 1945 : Women...Women ad Poverty in Britain: the 1990s , Hemel Hempstead...PRINGLE (Eds) Defining Women: Social Institutions...Work of Women and Men in Britain , Equal Opportunities...
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Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain

Book by Gabriele Griffin; Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Asians In Literature, Asians--Great Britain--Intellectual Life, English Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, English Drama--21st Century--History And Criticism, English Drama--Asian Authors--History And Criticism, English Drama--Black Authors--History And Criticism, English Drama--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Feminism And Literature--Great Britain, Feminist Drama, English--History And Criticism, Women And Literature--Great Britain, Women, Black, In Literature, Women, Black--Great Britain--Intellectual Life

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...published Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain. Wilsons book remains a key document...detailing Asian womens lives in Britain, particularly for the period from...diverse Asian communi- ties to Britain, thus indicating the inadequacy...
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Common Careers, Different Experiences: Women Managers in Hong Kong and Britain

Book by Katharine Venter; Hong Kong University Press, 2002

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Women Executives--China--Hong Kong, Women Executives--Great Britain

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...it appears that women are seen to have...family than women in Britain. This was seen in...roles between men and women in Hong Kong as a...than there are in Britain. In Britain, as...equality between men and women, there is still...women managers in Britain. If they are to...
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Women in Contemporary Britain: An Introduction

Book by Jane Pilcher; Routledge, 1999

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Women--Great Britain--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

Chapter 1 Women and gender: sociological perspectives...draws together the latest evidence on women in Britain, and reviews recent sociological interpretations...for focusing on women in contemporary Britain, identifying key aspects of current...

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Journal Articles on: women britain

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Women in Britain, 1900-2000

Journal article by Paula Bartley; History Review, 2002

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Women in Britain, 1900-2000 (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the twentieth century, all women were denied the vote whereas in 1979 women, as well as men, voted in...produced the countrys first woman Prime Minister. Meyers optimistic...socially and economically women have not done as well as men...multi-cultural nature of Britain by the end of the twentieth...
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Gabrielle Griffin. Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain

Journal article by Sara Freeman; Comparative Drama, Vol. 39, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain (Book)--Book reviews

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...Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain. by Sara Freeman Gabrielle...and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain. Cambridge Studies in Modern...the drama of Black and Asian women in Britain and the drama of Black American...
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Working-Class Culture, Women, and Britain, 1914-1921

Journal article by Jacqueline R. Devries; The Historian, Vol. 65, 2003

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Books--Book reviews, Working-Class Culture, Women, and Britain, 1914-1921 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Working-Class Culture, Women, and Britain, 1914-1921. by Jacqueline R. deVries Working-Class Culture, Women, and Britain, 1914-1921. By Claire A. Culleton. (New York: St...
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Wilkes, Joanne. Women Reviewing Women in Nineteenth.Century Britain: The Critical Reception of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and George Eliot

Journal article by Lesa Scholl; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 42, 2010

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Books--Book reviews, Women Reviewing Women in Nineteenth Century Britain: The Critical Reception of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and George Eliot (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Women in Nineteenth.Century Britain: The Critical Reception of...Women in Nineteenth.Century Britain: The Critical Reception of...homogeneity, both in how these women responded to other female writers...Coleridge," centers on the woman writers awareness of her position...practical limitations placed on the women they were reviewing. The key...
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Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Journal article by Gabrielle Malcolm; Critical Survey, Vol. 13, 2001

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Books--Reviews, Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain by Gabrielle Malcolm Women...Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain edited by Tracy C. Davis and...25 May 1844, is quoted in Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth Century Britain (Newey, 203) in reference...was not so remarkable for a woman to succeed at comedy writing...

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Magazine Articles on: women britain

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Public Lives: Women, Family and Society in Victorian Britain

Magazine article by Tristram Hunt; History Today, Vol. 54, April 2004

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Books--Book reviews, Public Lives: Women, Family and Society in Victorian Britain (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Family and Society in Victorian Britain. by Tristram Hunt Public Lives Women, Family and Society in Victorian Britain. Eleanor Gordon Gwyneth Nair...stereotypical image of the Victorian woman--that historic figure typically...experienced differently by men and women. Instead, Gordon and Nair...
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Divided Loyalties: The Historical Presence of South Asian Men and Women in Britain Has Been Ignored for Too Long, Says Shompa Lahiri, Who Has Investigated Their Experiences during the Second World War

Magazine article by Shompa Lahiri; History Today, Vol. 57, May 2007

Subjects:

Asian refugees--History, British Empire, ca. 1600-1970--History, Great Britain (World War II)--History, Refugees, Asian--History

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...South Asian Men and Women in Britain Has Been Ignored for...example of an Indian woman writing confidently...social changes in Britain as a result of war), Women of the West (arranged...trainees who came to Britain under the scheme initiated...
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A Great Initiative for African Women: Patricia Lee-Sang Writes about a New Initiative to Empower African Women, Founded in Britain by the Broadcaster, Cultural Critic and Gender Rights Advocate, Mariella Frostrup

Magazine article by Patricia Lee-Sang; New African, October 2011

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Civil rights activists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Civil rights workers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Frostrup, Mariella--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Gender equality--Management, Women's associations--Officials and employees, Women's organizations--Officials and employees, Women--Officials and employees, Women--Societies, clubs, etc.

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A Great Initiative for African Women: Patricia Lee-Sang Writes about a New Initiative to Empower African Women, Founded in Britain by the Broadcaster, Cultural Critic...Millennium Development Goals, women are still so far away from gender...
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Women and Planning in Britain--25 Years On: a Reflection

Magazine article by Clara Greed; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2001

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Area planning & development, Community development, Environment, Feminism, History, Landscaping, Planning, Social conditions, United Kingdom, Urban planning, Women, Womens rights movement

Collections: History, Entire Library

Women and Planning in Britain--25 Years On: a Reflection...Greed Women and Planning in Britain -- 25 Years On: A Reflection...Beginnings In 1976 a wonderful woman called Madge Dresser from...photocopy of the first issue of Women and Environments, and in...
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Women Murderers in Victorian Britain

Magazine article by Judith Knelman; History Today, Vol. 48, August 1998

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United Kingdom--History, 1837-1901 (Victorian era), Women murderers--Media coverage

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Women murderers in Victorian Britain by Judith Knelman Women as...they could muster of the few women who were prosecuted for murder...a well-brought-up young woman who at the age of sixteen slit...unexpectedness of killings by women go a long way to account for...Bell; For crimes among all women kind Such another I cant find...common, Is transacted by the woman; Turnkey, take a stick and...

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Newspaper Articles on: women britain

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THE MYTH OF BRITAIN'S FOREIGN SEX SLAVES; for Years, Labour Ministers Have Insisted That Thousands of Women Are Being Smuggled into Britain and Forced into Prostitution. but When Police Staged a Multi-Million-Pound Operation to Smash the Gangs Involved, How Many Traffickers Did They Find? Not One; SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 13, 2009

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Human smuggling--Investigations, Prostitution--Investigations, Slavery--Investigations, Women--Investigations

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...result. HOW many women working in the sex industry in Britain have been trafficked...transportation of a man or woman into prostitution...have travelled to Britain illegally in the...estimates of trafficked women in Britain should be seen...every single foreign woman working in Sohos...
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WE'RE THE BIGGEST BITCHES IN BRITAIN; That's What Scots Women Think of Their Colleagues

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 3, 2006

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Women--Reports, Women--Surveys

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...WERE THE BIGGEST BITCHES IN BRITAIN; Thats What Scots Women Think of Their Colleagues...colleagues are the bitchiest in Britain. A staggering 93 per cent...Although 85 per cent of young women said they admired their mothers...voted Victoria Beckham as the woman they envied most on the planet...
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THE INVISIBLE WOMEN; - So the Rest of the World Ignores Them. but Unfashionable Middle-Aged Women Hold Britain Together, and Susan Boyle Has Finally Given Them a Voice. Amanda Holden Says She Looks like Eddie Large,but Susan Is a Patron Saint to Millions of Normal Women

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 27, 2009

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Women

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...Unfashionable Middle-Aged Women Hold Britain Together, and Susan Boyle...Brown dubbed them the invisible women, these ordinary ladies who...constantly told are all any woman past the age of 30 should need and desire. As women age we begin to fade from view...FOR these are the sorts of women who draw attention to themselves...delectation, a genuine middle-aged woman, who, gasp, looks her actual...
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From Business to Politics, Silicon Valley's Women Are Rising to Top; in Britain, Few Females Have Senior Roles in the City or Westminster. So What Can We Learn from America? IN SILICON VALLEY

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 17, 2010

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Computer industry--Political aspects, Computer services industry--Political aspects, Fiorina, Carly--Political activity, Gubernatorial candidates--Political aspects, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information technology services industry--Political aspects, Primaries--Political aspects, Whitman, Meg--Political activity, Women--Political aspects, eBay Inc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...to Politics, Silicon Valleys Women Are Rising to Top; in Britain, Few Females Have Senior Roles...billion. Those riches allow each woman to portray herself as unbeholden...already been a good year for women, for sure. But the more accepted...
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So Where in Britain Do Women Carry the Most Expensive Handbags? in Wales, of Course (an Average Pounds 337-Worth)

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 10, 2007

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Handbags, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

So Where in Britain Do Women Carry the Most Expensive...Cathryn Scott Western Mail Women in Wales carry the most expensive handbags in Britain, according to a new survey...contents inside, the average woman in Wales carries a handbag...325. The survey of 3,000 women, conducted by Cornhill Direct...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: women britain

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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

GREAT BRITAIN officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est...off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. Technically, Great Britain comprises England (1991 pop...
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Woman Suffrage

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...organization, the American Woman Suffrage Association, led...for state amendments kept the woman-suffrage movement divided...united as the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Later...1869) granted suffrage to the women within their borders; when...suffrage to women. In Great Britain The movement in Great Britain...
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Bar, The

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...involving moral turpitude, or unethical professional conduct. The first state to allow women admission to the bar was Iowa (1869), and Great Britain admitted women to law practice in 1919. There are 180 American Bar Association approved law schools...
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James, P. D

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sophisticated plots. Her works include An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1972), in which her female sleuth Cordelia Gray first...1992, film 2006), set in 2027, is the tale of a dystopic Britain in which women can no longer conceive children. James was created a baroness...
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Young Women's Christian Association

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...organization whose stated mission is "to empower women and girls and to eliminate racism." The...nondenominational. It grew out of the homes for young women and female prayer unions established throughout Great Britain during the mid-19th cent., most notable...

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