{"id":1436,"date":"2024-08-23T14:16:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2024-08-23T14:25:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:25:39","slug":"womens-legal-landmarks-in-the-interwar-years-not-for-want-of-trying-published-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/womens-legal-landmarks-in-the-interwar-years-not-for-want-of-trying-published-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years: Not for Want of Trying published yesterday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am delighted to have been able to contribute two chapters to <em>Women\u2019s Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years: Not for Want of Trying<\/em> which was published yesterday!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1437 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Womens-Legal-Landmarks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Womens-Legal-Landmarks.jpg 355w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Womens-Legal-Landmarks-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was delighted to write about Nancy Astor of course but also Margaret Bondfield the first female Cabinet Minister. If you are interested in finding our a little more please see my recent blog <strong>\u2018Women Firsts in Cabinet a Long View\u2019<\/strong> on this site, at <a href=\"https:\/\/unireadinghistory.com\/2024\/07\/08\/women-firsts-in-cabinet-a-long-view\/\">Reading History <\/a>\u00a0or University of Reading <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/women-firsts-in-cabinet-a-long-view\/\">Connecting Research<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the link to the publisher\u2019s website (Bloomsbury): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/womens-legal-landmarks-in-the-interwar-years-9781509969746\/\">Women&#8217;s Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Women&#8217;s Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0shines new light on 33 legal landmarks, many forgotten today, that affected women in England and Wales between 1918 and 1939.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>It considers the work of feminist activists to bring about legal change which benefited \u2013 or aimed to benefit \u2013 women. Areas explored include property, inheritance, adoption, marriage, access to health care, criminal law, employment opportunities, pay, pensions and political representation. It also examines campaigns by key women&#8217;s organisations, and assesses the impact of early women lawyers and politicians.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While some of the landmarks effected change during this period, others provided the foundation for measures in later decades. Together the landmarks demonstrate that far from being a relatively quiet period of British feminism, the interwar period played a key role in ongoing fights for recognition, representation and justice.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Enormous thanks to editors Rosemary Auchmuty, Erika Rackley and especially Mari Takayanagi (eds.) for their help, support and enthusiasm. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womenslegallandmarks.com\">Women\u2019s Legal Landmarks website<\/a> will very soon make available the \u2018Not for Want to Trying\u2019 podcast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1440 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Bondfield-wiki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Bondfield-wiki.jpg 800w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Bondfield-wiki-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Bondfield-wiki-695x1024.jpg 695w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Bondfield-wiki-768x1131.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1441 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Astor-wiki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Astor-wiki.jpg 800w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Astor-wiki-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Astor-wiki-754x1024.jpg 754w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/astor100\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/08\/Astor-wiki-768x1043.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first volume of Women&#8217;s Legal Landmarks <em>Celebrating the History of Women and Law in the UK and Ireland<\/em> (2018) can be found here <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/womens-legal-landmarks-9781782259794\/\">https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/womens-legal-landmarks-9781782259794\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am delighted to have been able to contribute two chapters to Women\u2019s Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years: Not for Want of Trying which was published yesterday! 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