Beyond the bathing belle: Images of women in inter-war railway publicity

Journal of Transport History

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-45

  Harrington, Ralph ^a  

^a NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Posters; Publicity; Railways; Women

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042841920     PISSN: 00225266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/TJTH.25.1.2     Document Type: Article

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