‘Uneven Developments’: Women’s History, Feminist History and Gender History in Great Britain

Historia, mujeres y género: de una historia sin género a una historia de género

“…There is clearly no easy equation between the two". 21 En España esta clase de estudios empezaron a elaborarse más tarde. Esta demora en la aparición de dichos estudios se explica por la dilatada eclosión del movimiento feminista.…”

“…Después de cuatro décadas aún parece necesario poner de manifiesto la pertinencia de estos estudios. Entre los obstáculos para su consolidación se encuentra la hostilidad o indiferencia de ciertos 23 Pilar Folguera, "La historiografía sobre la mujer en España", Bulletin du Département de Recherches Hispaniques, 29 (1984): 23-24 (21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38). 24 Georges Duby y Michelle Perrot, Historia de las mujeres en Occidente (Madrid: Taurus, 1991 sectores académicos, además de las dificultades estructurales que se desprenden de un sistema centralizado y poco flexible en la articulación de los planes de estudio, a excepción del posgrado.…”

Heartland and periphery: local, national and global perspectives on women's history

“…They not only questioned what should be seen as historically significant but, by bringing gender relations to the heart of their research, also reconfigured a familiar historical landscape. [1] With the greater confidence that comes from many years of innovative scholarship, feminist historians have been far more concerned in recent years to make a critical examination of their own practice, in particular the extent to which some groups and themes have been privileged over others. Lesbian, black and working-class women still tend to be marginalised, while there has been a greater emphasis on public movements, in particular women's suffrage, rather than on family, sexuality and domestic space.…”

“The great principle of english fair-play”: male champions, the english women's movement and the admission of women to the pharmaceutical society in 1879

“…Men played a secondary part in these narratives, on occasion being reduced to the role of puppets whose strings were pulled by the women, a view which echoed the attitude of some of the pioneers. [14] Since the rise of second wave feminism and the development of women's history in the 1970s [15], the simplicities of this view have been replaced by more complex assessments of nineteenth-century feminism. [16] Yet although the opening of university education and the creation of the high school teacher have been the subject of much research and debate [17], a more general reassessment of the part played by the women's movement in opening new occupations to women has not been undertaken.…”