The pioneering adventures of the first professional women
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Robinson, Jane
- Publish Year
- 2020
- Shelfmark
- GR BR 2020 B
- Thesaurus
- beroepen, pioniers, vrouwenkiesrecht, eerste feministische golf, wetgeving, Verenigd Koninkrijk
- Description
- The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation in modern Britain. It should have marked a social revolution, opening the doors of the traditional professions to women who had worked so hard during the War, and welcoming them inside as equals. Robinson focuses on the lives of pioneering women forging careers in the fields of medicine, law, academia, architecture, engineering and the church. She sheds light on their desires and ambitions, and how family and society responded to this emerging class of working women.