Women and the public sphere

Gender and History

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 475-488

  Rendall, Jane ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

GENDER IDENTITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORIOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PERSONAL SPACE; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0040807757     PISSN: 09535233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0424.00157     Document Type: Article

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50. These papers were given at the Warwick conference 'The Power of the Petticoat: Women in British Politics, 1780-1860', 27 May 1998, University of Warwick.
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