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1. Women Workers in the Second World War

   Production and Patriarchy in Conflict

   By Penny Summerfield

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

   The Second World War is often seen as a period of emancipation, because of the influx of women into paid work, and because the state took steps to relieve women of domestic work. This study challenges such a picture. The state approached the removal of women from the domestic sphere with extreme...

   To Be Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
2. Out of the Cage

   Women's Experiences in Two World Wars

   By Gail Braybon, Penny Summerfield

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History

   Originally published in 1987, Out of the Cage brings vividly to life the experiences of working women from all social groups in the two World Wars. Telling a fascinating story, the authors emphasise what the women themselves have had to say, in diaries, memoirs, letters and recorded interviews...

   To Be Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
3. Feminism & Autobiography

   Texts, Theories, Methods

   By Tess Coslett, Celia Lury, Penny Summerfield

   Series: Transformations

   Featuring essays by leading feminist scholars from a variety of disciplines, this key text explores the latest developments in autobiographical studies. The collection is structured around the inter-linked concepts of genre, inter-subjectivity and memory. Whilst exemplifying the very...

   Published October 18th 2000 by Routledge