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Gender, Work and Education in Britain in the 1950s

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  1. Stephanie Spencer

    1. University College Winchester, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: The Forgotten Generation

    • Stephanie Spencer
    Pages 1-21

  3. Women and the Welfare State

    • Stephanie Spencer
    Pages 22-48

  4. Formal Education and Career Choice

    • Stephanie Spencer
    Pages 49-78

  5. Advice Manuals and Women’s Employment

    • Stephanie Spencer
    Pages 79-103

  6. The Career Novels

    • Stephanie Spencer
    Pages 104-128

  7. Girl to Woman

    • Stephanie Spencer
    Pages 129-157

  8. ‘My Own Front Door’ Remembering the 1950s

    • Stephanie Spencer
    Pages 158-185

  9. Conclusion

    • Stephanie Spencer
    Pages 186-199

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 200-253
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About this book

Improvements in education and economic expansion in the 1950s ensured a range of school-leaving employment opportunities. Yet girls' full acceptance as adult women was still confirmed by marriage and motherhood rather than employment. This book examines the gendered nature of 'career'. Using both written sources and oral history it enters the theoretical debate over the significance of gender by considering the relationship between individual 'women' and the dominant representation of 'Woman'.

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A timely intervention into the historiography of the post-war world...Full of rich and fascinating material. - Jane Martin, Gender and Education

Authors and Affiliations

  • University College Winchester, UK

    Stephanie Spencer

About the author

STEPHANIE SPENCER is Lecturer in the School of Education, University College Winchester, UK. Like many women of her generation she has an eclectic career profile. During a ten year 'gap' between school and university she taught at the Cordon Bleu School in London and ran a vegetarian restaurant. Her first degree was from the Open University, after which she went into academia full time.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gender, Work and Education in Britain in the 1950s

  • Authors: Stephanie Spencer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286184

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-3816-9Published: 17 August 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28618-4Published: 17 August 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 253

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Clinical Psychology, Modern History

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