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Deeds Not Words - The Story of Women's Rights - Then and Now

English · Hardback

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'An incredible book . . . Informative, enlightening, and with the potential to change women's lives.' Sandi Toksvig 'A valuable guide and reference to anyone who wants to understand the Women's Movement in more depth. I am deeply grateful to Helen for writing it!' Annie Lennox OBE Why is it taking so long? Despite huge progress since the suffragette campaigns and wave after wave of feminism, women are still fighting for equality. Why, at the present rate will we have to wait in Britain until 2069 for the gender pay gap to disappear? Why, in 2015, did 11% of women lose their jobs due to pregnancy discrimination? Why, globally, has 1 in 3 women experienced physical or sexual violence? In 2018, on the centenary of one of the greatest steps forward for women - the Fourth Reform Act, which saw propertied women over 30 gain the vote for the first time - suffragette descendant and campaigner Helen Pankhurst charts how the lives of women in the UK have changed over the last 100 years. She celebrates landmark successes, little-known victories, where progress has stalled or reversed, looking at politics, money, identity, violence, culture and social norms. The voices of both pioneers and ordinary women - in all their diversity - are woven into the analysis which ends with suggestions about how to better understand and strengthen feminist campaigning and with aims for the future. Combining historical insight with inspiring argument, Deeds not Words reveals how far women have come since the suffragettes, how far we still have to go, and how we might get there. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to explore one of the most central and pressing conversations of our time.

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Authors Helen Pankhurst, Pankhurst Helen
Publisher Sceptre
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 28.02.2018
 
EAN 9781473646858
ISBN 978-1-4736-4685-8
No. of pages 384
Dimensions 165 mm x 242 mm x 33 mm
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, HISTORY / Women, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Civil rights & citizenship, Gender studies: women and girls, Civics and citizenship

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