A study corner in the kitchen’
Australian graduate women negotiate family, nation and work in the 1950s and early 1960s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12344591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Mackinnon (University of South Australia, corresponding author), Penny Gregory (University of South Australia) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 127 |
| Pages | 63-80 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1031-461X • E-ISSN: 1940-5049 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10314610608601204 |
| OpenAlex | W2022579859 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
History has begun to reclaim the 1950s from its original designation as dull, dreary and conformist, the high point of the suburban dream. Women are frequently deemed to have contributed little to the task of developing citizenship or the newer self required for postwar modernity. This essay focuses on highly educated women who confronted head on the contradictions of the period. Taught by the emerging disciplines of psychology and sociology that their family role was crucial, they were also urged to join the growing workforce, to avoid becoming a ‘wasted resource’, and to express their real selves. Many crafted a new form of citizenship, one which combined a sense of individuality with the tasks of contributing to the nation through both family and work
Aesthetics · Art · Citizenship · Conformist · Dream · Modernity · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · Workforce · Australian History and Society · Canadian Identity and History · Engineering · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Psychology
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Women's Two Roles
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Feminist history as national history
Growing up ‘Australian’ in the 1950s
Food as nostalgia
Young, White, and Miserable
Young, White, and Miserable
Love and Freedom
Morals and Manners
Women in Australia
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |