Fenwomen: A Portrait of Women in an English Village.
The article focuses on "Fenwomen," a pioneering work of oral history by Mary Chamberlain that documents the lives of women in a rural English village, Isleham, during the 1970s. Published in 1975 by Virago, the first British feminist publisher, the book highlights the challenges faced by women in a...
| Publicado en: | History Today Vol. 75; no. 10; pp. 100 - 102 |
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History Today Ltd.
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