Women's Fabian Tracts

by Sally Alexander

Overview

First published in 1988. This volume situates the work of the Fabian Women's Group in the context of both Fabian socialism and the thought and practise of the early twentieth-century Women's Movement. These tracts have been instrumental in developing present day discourse on the sexual, economic and social aspects of women's lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136410246
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/05/2013
Series:	Women's Source Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Sally Alexander

Table of Contents

Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION; Part 1 The tracts; Chapter 1 WOMEN AND THE FACTORY ACTS, Webb Beatrice; Chapter 2 HOME WORK AND SWEATING, Miss B. L. Hutchins; Chapter 3 CHILD LABOR UNDER CAPITALISM, Mr.s Dale Hylton; Chapter 4 RENT AND VALUE, Mrs. Bernard Shaw; Chapter 5 THE CASE FOR SCHOOL NURSERIES, Mrs. Townshend; Chapter 6 A SUMMARY OF SIX PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS UPON THE DISABILITIES OF WOMEN AS WORKERS (1909), Miss Brooke Emma, Dr. Long Constance, Mrs. mills Ernestine, Mrs. Gallichan, c. GasquoineMurby Hartley, Miss Millicent, Dr. Bentham Ethel; Chapter 7 THE POINT OF HONOUR, Ruth Cavendish Bentinck; Chapter 8 THREE YEARS’ WORK 1908-1911; Chapter 9 THE WORKING LIFE OF WOMEN, Miss B. L. Hutchins; Chapter 10 THE CASE AGAINST THE CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY, Mrs. Townshend; Chapter 11 FAMILY LIFE ON A POUND A WEEK, Mrs. Reeves Pember; Chapter 12 WOMEN AND PRISONS, Helen Blagg, Charlotte Wilson; Chapter 13 THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT, M.A.; Chapter 14 THE WAR, WOMEN, AND UNEMPLOYMENT; Chapter 15 THE ABOLITION OF THE POOR LAW, Beatrice Webb; Chapter 16 SOME PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION, Drake Barbara; Chapter 17 CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION, A. Lilian Dawson; Chapter 18 LABOUR’S FOREIGN POLICY: What has been and what might be, M. Helena Swanwick; Chapter 19 A NEW REFORM BILL, Webb Beatrice; Chapter 20 STARVATION IN THE MIDST OF PLENTY, BarbaraDrake;