A Women's History of Guernsey, 1850s-1950s

by Rose-Marie Crossan

Overview

Based on extensive original research, this book examines the changing condition of women in the self-governing British Channel Island of Guernsey over the course of the century between the 1850s and 1950s. It is the first scholarly treatment of this subject in a Guernsey context, and it is aimed at academic audiences in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America and Australasia, as well as at a general Channel Island audience. The book covers a diverse range of topics, which include education, work, health, marriage, domestic abuse, sexual violence, prostitution, public office-holding, and the suffrage. These topics are explored from several different angles: firstly, from the viewpoint of individual women, by means of detailed case-histories; secondly, from the viewpoint of the wider insular community, through an analysis of legislative and other instruments by which the lot of local women was improved; and thirdly, from the viewpoint of Britain, Europe and the western world generally, by comparing the nature and pace of change in Guernsey with that in other jurisdictions, paying particular regard to the differences in cultures and mentalités which might have inhibited or promoted such change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780995487482
Publisher:	Mor Media Limited
Publication date:	12/01/2018
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

DR ROSE-MARIE CROSSAN is an independent social historian. She was born in Guernsey and has lived most of her life in the island. After finishing her secondary education, she took a degree in Modern Languages at Oxford University, followed by a postgraduate Diploma in Translation at Kent University, and - after a twenty-year break from academia - a PhD in History at Leicester University under Professor Keith Snell. Dr Crossan's previous publications include 'Guernsey, 1814-1914: Migration and Modernisation' (Woodbridge, 2007); 'Poverty and Welfare in Guernsey, 1560-2015' (Woodbridge, 2015); and 'The States and Secondary Education, 1560-1970' (Guernsey, 2016).

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Notes on the text

Introduction

1 Governance, Economy and Society

2 Education, Work and Health

3 Marriage

4 Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence

5 Female Criminality and Prostitution

6 Public Office, the Vote and States Membership

Conclusion

Appendices

1 Distribution of female occupations, 1851 and 1951

2 Guernsey Women’s History Timeline

3 Female States Deputies, February 1924–March 2016

Bibliography

Index