FORGOTTEN WIVES: HOW WOMEN GET WRITTEN OUT OF HISTORY
By Ann Oakley
Synopsis
Throughout history, records of women's lives and work have been lost through the pervasive assumption of male dominance. Wives, especially, disappear as supporters of their husbands’ work, as unpaid and often unacknowledged secretaries and research assistants, and as managers of men’s domestic domains. Forgotten Wives examines the ways in which the institution and status of marriage has contributed to the active ‘disremembering’ of women’s achievements using the case studies of four women married to well-known men – Charlotte Shaw, Mary Booth, Jeannette Tawney and Janet Beveridge.
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| Narrator | Ann Stutz |
|---|---|
| Length | 9hrs 30mins |
| Catalogue No. | 15062 |
| Publisher | Policy Press; 2021 |