Irish Women's History Reader (Routledge Readers in History)

Alan Hayes and Diane Urquhart (editors)

ISBN 10: 0415199131 / ISBN 13: 9780415199131

Published by Routledge, 2000

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Condition of Hardback Book: As New except cover has been slightly bent. There is no dustjacket. Photo attached. The Irish Women's History Reader is an exciting collection of essays revealing the tremendous diversity of women's experiences in Ireland's past. For the first time this unique book draws together key articles published in the fields of Irish women's history and women's studies over the past two decades, including contributions from Ireland, North and South, England, USA, Canada and Australia. The Irish Women's History Reader explores the lives of ordinary Irish women since 1800, looking at the key themes of: * historiography and the development of, and writing of, women's history in Ireland * politics and the variety of political activities undertaken by women including suffrage, nationalism and unionism * health and sexuality revealing hidden histories of sexual activity, mental illness and attempts to control fertility * religion and the experiences of catholic nuns, protestant evangelicals and salvationists * emigration and the pattern of female migration to USA, Britain and Australia * work including both paid and unpaid employ inside and outside the home. 242pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Irish Women's History Reader (Routledge Readers in History)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415199131
• ISBN 13: 9780415199131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The Irish Women's History Reader is an exciting collection of essays revealing the tremendous diversity of women's experiences in Ireland's past. For the first time this unique book draws together key articles published in the fields of Irish women's history and women's studies over the past two decades, including contributions from Ireland, North and South, England, USA, Canada and Australia.

The Irish Women's History Reader explores the lives of ordinary Irish women since 1800, looking at the key themes of:

* historiography and the development of, and writing of, women's history in Ireland
* politics and the variety of political activities undertaken by women including suffrage, nationalism and unionism
* health and sexuality revealing hidden histories of sexual activity, mental illness and attempts to control fertility
* religion and the experiences of catholic nuns, protestant evangelicals and salvationists
* emigration and the pattern of female migration to USA, Britain and Australia
* work including both paid and unpaid employ inside and outside the home.

About the Author

Alan Hayes is Researcher at the National University of Ireland, Galway and Publisher of Arlen House and Diane Urquhart is Lecturer in Modern Irish History at the Institute of Irish Studies of the University of Liverpool.