Caitríona Beaumont
Biographic Data
| ID | 3963333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caitríona Beaumont |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caitríona |
| FAMILY NAME | Beaumont |
| SIGNATURE | BEAUMONT C |
| AFFILIATIONS | London South Bank University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sarah Browne, The Women's Liberation Movement in Scotland
The acceptable face of feminism: The women's institute as a social movement / The WI: a century in the making
The publication of the first edition of The Acceptable Face of Feminism in 1997 marked a key moment in the historiography of the women's movement in Britain. In this first edition, Andrews argued t
What Do Women Want? Housewives' Associations, Activism and Changing Representations of Women in the 1950s
The myth that the women's movement in Britain went into decline in the decade following the Second World War has now been debunked. Yet despite this more accurate re-telling of the fate of female activism in the 1950s, the view that the majority of women at this time aspired only to marriage and motherhood persists. The iconic image of the ‘ideal 1950s housewife’ has proved hard to excise from the historical record and the public imagination. The…
Housewives and citizens: Domesticity and the Women's Movement in England, 1928-64
This book explores the contribution that five conservative, voluntary and popular women's organisations made to women's lives and to the campaign for women's rights throughout the period 1928 to 1964. The five groups included in this study are: the Mothers' Union, the Catholic Women's League, the National Council of Women, the National Federation of Women's Institutes and the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds. The book challenges existing his…
What is a wife’? Reconstructing domesticity in postwar Britain before The Feminine Mystique
This article investigates the relationship between the lived experiences of housewives in 1950s and early 1960s Britain and their portrayal in The Feminine Mystique and popular women’s magazines. Through a study of four housewives’ associations, the Women’s Institutes, Mothers’ Union, Townswomen’s Guilds and the National Council of Women, it is argued that they rejected the prevailing ideology of domesticity and challenged the myth of the ‘happy …
Fighting for the 'Privileges of Citizenship: The Young Women's Christian Association (Ywca), feminism and the women's movement, 1928-1945
In 1928 the YWCA welcomed the introduction of the universal suffrage by declaring that women in Britain were now entitled to the full political privileges of citizenship. This article will explore the way in which the YWCA, previously omitted from histories of the British women's movement, sought to educate and inform its members about the rights and duties of democratic citizenship. The involvement of the YWCA in citizenship education and its ro…
Moral Dilemmas and Women's Rights: The attitude of the Mothers' Union and Catholic Women's League to divorce, birth control and abortion in England, 1928-1939
In order to ensure that women benefited from their newly won rights as citizens in 1918 and 1928, the Mothers’ Union and Catholic Women’s League campaigned, along with feminist and political women’s organisations, to enhance the role and status of women in society. Difficulties emerged, however, when changes in public attitudes led to the liberalisation of the law in relation to divorce and birth control coupled with the growing demand within the…
Citizens not feminists: The boundary negotiated between citizenship and feminism by mainstream women's organisations in England, 1928-39
This article explores the concepts of citizenship and feminism as interpreted by six large voluntary and mainstream women's groups in England during the years 1928–39. The six organisations considered here are the Mothers' Union, the Young Women's Christian Association, the Catholic Women's League, the National Federation of Women's Institutes, the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds and the National Council of Women. The article asks why these…
Women, citizenship and Catholicism in the Irish free state, 1922-1948
This article explores the ways in which Catholic social teaching influenced and shaped the changing definitions of women's citizenship during the formative years of the Irish Free State. The 1922 Irish Free State Constitution guaranteed equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens. By 1937 this guarantee of equal citizenship for women had been transformed into a more gender based definition. Citizenship for women was now clearly defin…
Women, citizenship and Catholicism in the Irish free state, 1922-1948
This article explores the ways in which Catholic social teaching influenced and shaped the changing definitions of women's citizenship during the formative years of the Irish Free State. The 1922 Irish Free State Constitution guaranteed equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens. By 1937 this guarantee of equal citizenship for women had been transformed into a more gender based definition. Citizenship for women was now clearly defin…
Citizens not feminists: The boundary negotiated between citizenship and feminism by mainstream women's organisations in England, 1928-39
This article explores the concepts of citizenship and feminism as interpreted by six large voluntary and mainstream women's groups in England during the years 1928–39. The six organisations considered here are the Mothers' Union, the Young Women's Christian Association, the Catholic Women's League, the National Federation of Women's Institutes, the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds and the National Council of Women. The article asks why these…
Fighting for the 'Privileges of Citizenship: The Young Women's Christian Association (Ywca), feminism and the women's movement, 1928-1945
In 1928 the YWCA welcomed the introduction of the universal suffrage by declaring that women in Britain were now entitled to the full political privileges of citizenship. This article will explore the way in which the YWCA, previously omitted from histories of the British women's movement, sought to educate and inform its members about the rights and duties of democratic citizenship. The involvement of the YWCA in citizenship education and its ro…
Women, citizenship and Catholicism in the Irish free state, 1922-1948
This article explores the ways in which Catholic social teaching influenced and shaped the changing definitions of women's citizenship during the formative years of the Irish Free State. The 1922 Irish Free State Constitution guaranteed equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens. By 1937 this guarantee of equal citizenship for women had been transformed into a more gender based definition. Citizenship for women was now clearly defin…
Citizens not feminists: The boundary negotiated between citizenship and feminism by mainstream women's organisations in England, 1928-39
This article explores the concepts of citizenship and feminism as interpreted by six large voluntary and mainstream women's groups in England during the years 1928–39. The six organisations considered here are the Mothers' Union, the Young Women's Christian Association, the Catholic Women's League, the National Federation of Women's Institutes, the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds and the National Council of Women. The article asks why these…
Moral Dilemmas and Women's Rights: The attitude of the Mothers' Union and Catholic Women's League to divorce, birth control and abortion in England, 1928-1939
In order to ensure that women benefited from their newly won rights as citizens in 1918 and 1928, the Mothers’ Union and Catholic Women’s League campaigned, along with feminist and political women’s organisations, to enhance the role and status of women in society. Difficulties emerged, however, when changes in public attitudes led to the liberalisation of the law in relation to divorce and birth control coupled with the growing demand within the…
Fighting for the 'Privileges of Citizenship: The Young Women's Christian Association (Ywca), feminism and the women's movement, 1928-1945
In 1928 the YWCA welcomed the introduction of the universal suffrage by declaring that women in Britain were now entitled to the full political privileges of citizenship. This article will explore the way in which the YWCA, previously omitted from histories of the British women's movement, sought to educate and inform its members about the rights and duties of democratic citizenship. The involvement of the YWCA in citizenship education and its ro…
What is a wife’? Reconstructing domesticity in postwar Britain before The Feminine Mystique
This article investigates the relationship between the lived experiences of housewives in 1950s and early 1960s Britain and their portrayal in The Feminine Mystique and popular women’s magazines. Through a study of four housewives’ associations, the Women’s Institutes, Mothers’ Union, Townswomen’s Guilds and the National Council of Women, it is argued that they rejected the prevailing ideology of domesticity and challenged the myth of the ‘happy …
Housewives and citizens: Domesticity and the Women's Movement in England, 1928-64
This book explores the contribution that five conservative, voluntary and popular women's organisations made to women's lives and to the campaign for women's rights throughout the period 1928 to 1964. The five groups included in this study are: the Mothers' Union, the Catholic Women's League, the National Council of Women, the National Federation of Women's Institutes and the National Union of Townswomen's Guilds. The book challenges existing his…
What Do Women Want? Housewives' Associations, Activism and Changing Representations of Women in the 1950s
The myth that the women's movement in Britain went into decline in the decade following the Second World War has now been debunked. Yet despite this more accurate re-telling of the fate of female activism in the 1950s, the view that the majority of women at this time aspired only to marriage and motherhood persists. The iconic image of the ‘ideal 1950s housewife’ has proved hard to excise from the historical record and the public imagination. The…
Sarah Browne, The Women's Liberation Movement in Scotland
The acceptable face of feminism: The women's institute as a social movement / The WI: a century in the making
The publication of the first edition of The Acceptable Face of Feminism in 1997 marked a key moment in the historiography of the women's movement in Britain. In this first edition, Andrews argued t
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