Discovering Women'S History

This guide explains how to carry out your research into British women's history. Key topics include: images of women; education; work; family; sexuality and politics. It offers an outline history of developments in women's lives since 1800 and contains a chapter on how to write a dissertation. The highly practical guide introduces the reader to the main areas of British women's history: education, work, family life, sexuality and politics. After an introduction to each topic detailed commentary is provided on a range of primary source material together with advice on further reading. For the new edition the author has written a brand new chapter on how to choose a dissertation subject and the pitfalls to avoid.