Housewives having a go
Margaret Thatcher, Mary Whitehouse and the appeal of the Right Wing Woman in late twentieth-century Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5083274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Prestidge (Parliamentary Researcher at the House of Commons, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 277-296 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-23 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612025.2018.1482656 |
| OpenAlex | W2809298276 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Margaret Thatcher and Mary Whitehouse have been described by Beatrix Campbell as ‘populist heroines of the right’, and an affinity between the two women was widely assumed throughout Thatcher’s leadership. They were both suburban mothers with prominent handbags, calling for a return to the stabilising values of ‘simpler times’. Their relationship, however, was far from straight-forward. By examining this relationship alongside its public presentation, this article will refine understandings of these important conservative women. Considering their shared cultural resonances will also enhance understanding of the late twentieth-century cultural and political contexts within which they operated
Appeal · Left-wing politics · Political science · Politics · Right wing · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Medicine · Political and Economic history of UK and US
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |