Women's studies and the women's movement in Britain

Origins and Evolution, 1970-2000

Bibliographic Data

ID3208262
AuthorsElizabeth Bird (University of Bristol, corresponding author), Elizabeth Kay-Raining Bird (0000-0001-9000-3026, University of Bristol, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume12
Issue2
Pages263-288
Publication date2003-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen s History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09612020300200687
OpenAlexW4239638582
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited4

The article is based on research carried out in 1998-99 which involved interviewing United Kingdom based women who had been responsible for introducing degree courses in women's studies into British universities and polytechnics. The interviews are records of the memories of those women as they look back on a political moment when they were engaged in collective attempts to transform the academic curriculum. Personal memories are placed alongside accounts and debates which appeared in printed sources, such as books and newsletters from the British Women's liberation movement from 1970 onwards. The article also reflects on the process in which past events and personal memoirs move from stories to histories, enter the archive, and begin to acquire the status of history

Aesthetics · Art · Genealogy · Geography · Sociology · Cultural History and Identity Formation · Demography · Gender Studies · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History

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