The Anti Abortion Campaign In England 1966 1989

Author : Olivia Dee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000316360

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The Anti-Abortion Campaign in England, 1966-1989 by Olivia Dee Pdf

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. Key themes include the influence of religion on attitudes towards sexuality and pregnancy; representations of women and the female body; and the varied, and often deeply contested, attitudes towards the status of the fetus articulated by both anti-abortion and pro-choice advocates during the years 1966-1989.

Author : Pam Lowe,Sarah-Jane Page
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839094002

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Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK by Pam Lowe,Sarah-Jane Page Pdf

Taking a lived religion approach that draws on extensive ethnographic research on abortion debates in public spaces, Anti-Abortion Activism in the UK explores the sacred and profane commitments of anti-abortion activists and counter-demonstrations outside clinics, examining the contestations over space.

Author : Laura Kelly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781108981774

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Contraception and Modern Ireland by Laura Kelly Pdf

Contraception was the subject of intense controversy in twentieth-century Ireland. Banned in 1935 and stigmatised by the Catholic Church, it was the focus of some of the most polarised debates before and after its legalisation in 1979. This is the first comprehensive, dedicated history of contraception in Ireland from the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 to the 1990s. Drawing on the experiences of Irish citizens through a wide range of archival sources and oral history, Laura Kelly provides insights into the lived experiences of those negotiating family planning, alongside the memories of activists who campaigned for and against legalisation. She highlights the influence of the Catholic Church's teachings and legal structures on Irish life showing how, for many, sex and contraception were obscured by shame. Yet, in spite of these constraints, many Irish women and men showed resistance in accessing contraceptive methods. This title is also available as Open Access.

Author : Sarah-Jane Page
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031546921

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Abortion and Catholicism in Britain by Sarah-Jane Page Pdf

Author : Sally Sheldon,Gayle Davis,Jane O'Neill,Clare Parker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108754682

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The Abortion Act 1967 by Sally Sheldon,Gayle Davis,Jane O'Neill,Clare Parker Pdf

The Abortion Act 1967 may be the most contested law in UK history, sitting on a fault line between the shifting tectonic plates of a rapidly transforming society. While it has survived repeated calls for its reform, with its text barely altered for over five decades, women's experiences of accessing abortion services under it have evolved considerably. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, this book explores how the Abortion Act was given meaning by a diverse cast of actors including women seeking access to services, doctors and service providers, campaigners, judges, lawyers, and policy makers. By adopting an innovative biographical approach to the law, the book shows that the Abortion Act is a 'living law'. Using this historically grounded socio-legal approach, this enlightening book demonstrates how the Abortion Act both shaped and was shaped by a constantly changing society.

Author : Paula Bartley
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030927219

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Women’s Activism in Twentieth-Century Britain by Paula Bartley Pdf

This book serves as an introduction to the extraordinary diversity of women’s activism. Paula Bartley's original research is supported by a range of writing to provide a powerful impression of the actions taken by groups of women from across the social and political spectrum, making the book invaluable to both students and interested readers. These women set out to make a difference to their locality, their country and sometimes the world. The story of women’s activism embodies stimulating accounts of progress and reversals, of commitment and uncertainty, of competing rights and challenging wrongs. The story of women’s activism is not tidy or well-ordered. It is messy and unorthodox. And full of surprises.

Author : Mary Ziegler
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839108150

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Research Handbook on International Abortion Law by Mary Ziegler Pdf

The Research Handbook on International Abortion Law provides an in-depth, multidisciplinary study of abortion law around the world, presenting a snapshot of global policies during a time of radical change. With leading scholars from every continent, Mary Ziegler illuminates key forces that shaped the past and will influence an unpredictable future.

Author : Jesse Olszynko-Gryn
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780262371384

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A Woman's Right to Know by Jesse Olszynko-Gryn Pdf

The history of pregnancy testing, and how it transformed from an esoteric laboratory tool to a commonplace of everyday life. Pregnancy testing has never been easier. Waiting on one side or the other of the bathroom door for a “positive” or “negative” result has become a modern ritual and rite of passage. Today, the ubiquitous home pregnancy test is implicated in personal decisions and public debates about all aspects of reproduction, from miscarriage and abortion to the “biological clock” and IVF. Yet, only three generations ago, women typically waited not minutes but months to find out whether they were pregnant. A Woman’s Right to Know tells, for the first time, the story of pregnancy testing—one of the most significant and least studied technologies of reproduction. Focusing on Britain from around 1900 to the present day, Jesse Olszynko-Gryn shows how demand shifted from doctors to women, and then goes further to explain the remarkable transformation of pregnancy testing from an obscure laboratory service to an easily accessible (though fraught) tool for every woman. Lastly, the book reflects on resources the past might contain for the present and future of sexual and reproductive health. Solidly researched and compellingly argued, Olszynko-Gryn demonstrates that the rise of pregnancy testing has had significant—and not always expected—impact and has led to changes in the ways in which we conceive of pregnancy itself.

Author : Sutapa Dutta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000507485

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British Women Travellers by Sutapa Dutta Pdf

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 British identity, and was inextricably linked with the issue of identity formation. With a capacious geographical canvas, this volume examines the multifaceted relations and negotiations of British women travellers in a range of different imperial contexts across continents from America, Africa, Europe to Australia.

Author : Anna Artwińska,Agnieszka Mrozik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000095142

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Gender, Generations, and Communism in Central and Eastern Europe and Beyond by Anna Artwińska,Agnieszka Mrozik Pdf

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 are used in the book as analytical categories in an intersectional overlap. The publication covers twentieth-century Poland, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, the Soviet Union/Russia, former Yugoslavia, Turkish communities in West Germany, Italy, and Cuba (as a comparative point of reference). It provides a theoretical frame and overview chapters on several important gender and generation narratives about communism, anticommunism, and postcommunism. Its starting point is the belief that although methodological reflection on communism, as well as on generations and gender, is conducted extensively in contemporary research, the overlapping of these three terms is still rare. The main focus in the first part is on methodological issues. The second part features studies which depict the possibility of generational-gender interpretations of history. The third part is informed by biographical perspectives. The last part shows how the problem of generations and gender is staged via the medium of literature and how it can be narrated.

Author : Laura Ugolini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000381221

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Fathers and Sons in the English Middle Class, c. 1870–1920 by Laura Ugolini Pdf

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 relationships in middle-class families. Paying especial attention to gender and masculinities, this book focuses on the interactions between fathers and sons, exploring how relationships developed and masculine identities were negotiated from infancy and childhood to adulthood and old age. Drawing on sources as diverse as autobiographies, oral history interviews, First World War conscription records and press reports of violent incidents, this book questions how fathers and sons negotiated relationships marked by shifting relations of power, as well as by different combinations of emotional entanglements, obligations and ties. It explores changes as fathers and sons grew older and assesses fathers’ role in trying to mould sons’ masculine identities, characters and lives. It reveals negotiation and compromise, as well as rebellion and conflict, underlining that fathers and sons were important to each other, their relationships a significant – if often overlooked – aspect of middle-class men’s lives and identities.

Author : Sandra Brée,Saskia Hin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429516832

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The Impact of World War I on Marriages, Divorces, and Gender Relations in Europe by Sandra Brée,Saskia Hin Pdf

How did WWI affect the love lives of ordinary citizens and their interactions as couples? This book focuses on how dramatic changes in living conditions affected key parts of the life course of ordinary citizens: marriage and divorce. Innovative in bringing together demographic and gender perspectives, contributions in this comparative volume draw on newly available micro-level data, as well as qualitative sources such as war diaries. In a first exploration intended to incite further research, it asks how patterns of marriage and divorce were affected by the war across Europe, and what the role of enduring change - or lack thereof - in gender relations was in shaping these patterns.

Author : Angela Joy Muir
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000035032

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Deviant Maternity by Angela Joy Muir Pdf

This is the first-ever book to explore illegitimacy in Wales during the eighteenth century. Drawing on previously overlooked archival sources, it examines the scope and context of Welsh illegitimacy, and the link between illegitimacy, courtship and economic precarity. It also goes beyond courtship to consider the different identities and relationships of the mothers and fathers of illegitimate children in Wales, and the lived experience of conception, pregnancy and childbirth for unmarried mothers. This book reframes the study of illegitimacy by combining demographic, social and cultural history approaches to emphasise the diversity of experiences, contexts and consequences.

Author : Katie Barclay,Jeffrey Meek,Andrea Thomson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000734027

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Courtship, Marriage and Marriage Breakdown by Katie Barclay,Jeffrey Meek,Andrea Thomson Pdf

This book explores the history of marriage and marriage-like relationships across five continents from the seventeenth century to the present day. Across fourteen chapters, leading marriage scholars examine how the methodologies from the new history of emotions contribute to our understanding of marriage, seeking to uncover not only personal feeling but also the political and social implications of emotion. They highlight how marriage as an institution has been shaped not just by law and society but also by individual and community choices, desires and emotional values. Importantly, they also emphasize how the history of non-traditional and same-sex relationships and their emotions have long played an important role in determining the nature of marriage as an institution and emotional union. In doing so, this collection allows us to rethink both the past and present of marriage, destabilizing a story of a stable institution and opening it up as a site of contest, debate and feeling.

Author : Charlotte Cederbom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000693287

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Married Women in Legal Practice by Charlotte Cederbom Pdf

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 sources. For this book, more than 6,000 original charters have been researched, and a database of all the charters pertaining to women created. This enables new findings from an area that has previously not been studied on a larger scale, and reveals trends and tendencies regarding aspects considered central to married women’s agency, such as networks, criminal liability, and procedural capacity.