Diese Reihe taucht ein in die komplexe und oft übersehene Welt der Geschlechtergeschichte. Sie untersucht, wie Geschlechterrollen und -identitäten im Laufe der Zeit geformt, herausgefordert und transformiert wurden. Jeder Band bietet neue Perspektiven auf entscheidende Momente und Persönlichkeiten, die unser Geschichtsverständnis beeinflusst haben. Leser können tiefgründige und zum Nachdenken anregende Forschung erwarten, die das komplexe Zusammenspiel von Geschlecht, Macht und Gesellschaft beleuchtet.
Exploring women's employment from 1700 to 1850, this book focuses on Essex and examines various sectors including the worsted industry, agriculture, and service. It analyzes themes such as the sexual division of labor, the impact of capitalism, and the concepts of 'separate spheres' and 'domestic ideology.' By addressing contemporary historical debates, the book provides insights into the continuity and change in women's roles during this transformative period.
This book analyses how the Weimar Republic put Germany in the forefront of social reform and women's emancipation with wide-ranging maternal welfare programmes and labour protection laws. Its enlightened policy of family planning and liberalised abortion laws offered women a new measure of control over their lives. But the new politics of the body also increased state intervention, the power of the medical profession and the tendency to sacrifice women's rights to national interests whenever the Volk seemed in danger of 'racial decline'.