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Women in the 1930s |
09 Feb 2010 |
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 From domesticity to glamour
Today Woman's Hour goes back to the 1930s.Ìý It was the decade that began with Amy Johnson’s epic flight to Australia and ended with Vivienne Leigh winning the Oscar for Best Actress for Gone with the Wind. It was also the decade of the Great Depression, the abdication and appeasement, as the country drifted towards the Second World War. But how did all this impact on the lives of ordinary British women? How far were they ruled by domesticity? In 1928, women had won the equal voting rights with men - so was politics something that now interested them? And what about glamour - did this make often mundane lives worthwhile? Jane is joined in the studio by the historian Juliet Gardiner, whose new book - The Thirties: An Intimate History - is published this week. Also taking part in this special programme are Sally Alexander, Emeritus Professor of History at Goldsmiths College; Judy Giles, Professor of Gender and Cultural Criticism at York St John’s University and Carol Dyhouse, Research Professor of History at the University of Sussex whose book "Glamour: Women, History, Feminism" has also just been published.
The Thirties: An Intimate History by Juliet Gardiner, published by HarperPress, ISBN: 978-0-00-724076-0
Glamour: Women, History, Feminism by Carol Dyhouse, published by Zed Books, ISBN: 978-1-84813-407-2
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