Vernacular Discourses on Gender Equality in Post-War Britain

The University of Cambridge Center for Gender Studies has promoted the organisation of a seminar held by Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite and Natalie Thomlinson, which will take place on Monday 4 November from 2.30 to 3.30 p.m. (LON 1.30-2.30 p.m.). You can follow the event online after registering at this link questo link. 

The seminar will focus on how, after1945, women’s roles in the West shifted from self-abnegation to self-fulfillment, influenced by the post-1968 feminist movement and economic changes. Research by Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite and Natalie Thomlinson on the 1984-85 miners’ strike highlights how working-class women developed a new discourse on gender equality. This discourse, shaped by interviews with over 100 women from coalfield communities, was based more on post-war ideas of equality, democracy, individualism, and child-centered parenting than on traditional feminism. It had significant implications for women’s rights and societal roles.

You can follow the event online after registering at this link within Monday 4 November at 9.00 am.