Women, workplace protest and political identity in England, 1968-85

by Jonathan Moss

Overview

This book draws upon original research into women’s workplace protest to deliver a new account of working-class women’s political identity and participation in post-war England. Focusing on the voices and experiences of women who fought for equal pay, skill recognition and the right to work between 1968 and 1985, it explores why working-class women engaged in such action when they did, and it analyses the impact of workplace protest on women’s political identity. A combination of oral history and written sources are used to illuminate how everyday experiences of gender and class antagonism shaped working-class women’s political identity and participation. The book contributes a fresh understanding of the relationship between feminism, workplace activism and trade unionism during the years 1968-1985.
This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5, Gender equality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526160430
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	10/05/2021
Series:	Gender in History
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Jonathan Moss is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sussex

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Contextualising women’s workplace activism in post-war England
2. The Ford Sewing-Machinists’ Strike, 1968, Dagenham
3. The Trico-Folberth Equal Pay Strike, Brentford, 1976
4. Sexton’s Shoe Factory Occupation and Fakenham Enterprises, Norfolk, 1972–77
5. The Ford Sewing-Machinists’ Strike, Dagenham, 1984–85
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

'The easy-to-read volume provides a clear introduction to a field from which even more research can be expected in the future.'
H-Soz-Kult

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