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'A woman born at the turn of the century could have lived through two periods when it was her moral duty to devote herself, obsessively, to her children: three when it was her duty to society to neglect them; two when it was right to be seductively feminine and three when it was a pressing social obligation to be the reverse; three separate periods in which she was a bad wife, mother and citizen for wanting to go out and earn her own living, and three others when she was an even worse wife, mother and citizen for not being eager to do so.'
Thus Ruth Adam describes the extraordinary story of women's emancipation from the time of the suffragettes to Women's Lib. Intelligent and humane, this very readable book draws on a wealth of source material to illustrate what life was like for women since Victorian times.
Throughout, Ruth Adam describes aspects of our mothers' and grandmothers' lives in a cogent, mildly cynical, but delightful way. Her book combines the academic, the popular, the human, the rigorous and the witty into a work of history which is quite unlike any other.
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A Woman's Place: 1910-75 was written twenty-five years ago by a novelist-historian and is both human and humane, wise and cynical, polemical and witty. It concludes, wearily: ‘A woman born at the turn of the century could have lived through two periods when it was her moral duty to devote herself, obsessively, to her children; three when it was her duty to society to neglect them; two when it was right to be seductively "feminine"; and three when it was a pressing social obligation to be the reverse.’
This is, we believe, the most readable overview of twentieth century women’s lives yet written, covering everything Persephone readers might want to know about the suffragettes, early ‘type-writers’, contraception or work in wartime; and it complements our other books by exploring factually what they, indirectly, explore in fiction.
This is, we believe, the most readable overview of twentieth century women’s lives yet written, covering everything Persephone readers might want to know about the suffragettes, early ‘type-writers’, contraception or work in wartime; and it complements our other books by exploring factually what they, indirectly, explore in fiction.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Ruth Adam's book describes the path of women's lives from before WWI until the mid-70's. Her style is engaging, witty, very dry and almost conspiratorial. I imagine her typing away with a wry smile as she contemplates society's folly in it's changing expectations of what it has wanted women to do and be over the last century. Adam's use of original sources and her interpretation of them is always interesting. She uses everything, fiction, newspaper articles, government reports, to create a fascinating picture of life for British women through war, depression, war again to apparent liberation in the 60's and 70's. This Persephone edition has an Afterword by Yvonne Roberts covering the 25 years since the book's publication.
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Ruth Adam provides an excellent, succinct overview of the changes in women's lives from 1910 to 1975 and the many roles they were expected, by society, to adopt along the way. There were times when women were expected to remain at home looking after husband and children and then it was her duty, particularly in war time, to go out to work - and resume her domestic role again after the war. She was at times supposed to be pure and virginal; at other times she was supposed to be sexually emancipated. At one time teenage girls were expected to obey their fathers then they were earning their own money and could do as they pleased.
This is an easy to read work as Ruth Adam writes in an engaging, informal style. As she was born in 1907 and died in 1977 her life covers the span of the book and it would be interesting to know what she would have made of the situation for women as they moved into the 21st century.
Reviewed by Mary Smith No More Mulberries
This is an easy to read work as Ruth Adam writes in an engaging, informal style. As she was born in 1907 and died in 1977 her life covers the span of the book and it would be interesting to know what she would have made of the situation for women as they moved into the 21st century.
Reviewed by Mary Smith No More Mulberries
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