B13 Women

Abrahamson, P. (2005). "Coping with urban poverty: Changing citizenship in Europe?" International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 29(3): 608-+. yes A1b B13 C1b
	fathers have traditionally had very different roles within the family and varying The so-called European Social Model consists of four distinctly different poverty regimes with diverse consequences for men and women. According to current political rhetoric these policy regimes are changing significantly everywhere, hence transforming the opportunities and challenges for men and women. This article discusses whether, and to what extent, the perceived changes have affected low-income mothers in European urban settings. The data are drawn primarily from qualitative interviews with mothers of young children (under school age) in low-income neighbourhoods in three middle-size cities: Hochstatt in Mannheim (Germany), Le Breil in Nantes (France), and Tang Hall in York (UK). In each neighbourhood 20 mothers were interviewed during 1998 and 1999. For all four welfare regimes within the European Union, mothers andopportunities to participate in the labour market. According to recent policy formulations this situation is changing. However, the changes are not reflected in the everyday life of poor citizens. Rather, the interviews revealed that business was as usual.

Cowman, K. (2007). The Militant Suffragette Movement in York University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research,. yes A3 B13 C1a
	
Giles, M. J. (1989). Something that bit better: working-class women, domesticity and respectability, 1919-1939 University of York.yes a1b B13 C2. 
	Although the inter-war years witnessed massive unemployment in areas of industrial decline, for those in regular work wages were rising. This fact plus state provision of working-class housing, an increase in the number of cheap houses for owner-occupation and smaller families made it possible for many working-class families to experience a form of domesticity greatly improved from their parents. This research is concerned to explore how improved living conditions influenced the ways in which working-class women experienced their role as wives and mothers. In order to illuminate the tension between continuity and change in domestic roles I have chosen an approach which focuses on two interrelated themes - housing and `respectability'. Ideologies of domesticity were reinforced and intensified during the inter-war period and working-class values of `respectability' were closely identified with the home and its maintenance. Thus the increasing importance of the house as a measure of status makes it an important variable in any discussion of women's social identity. This study draws on a series of interviews with women who lived in suburban York and Birmingham between the wars. The common factor linking the interviewees is that they all lived in some form of newly provided housing, either for owner-occupation or a municipal council house and all perceived themselves as belonging to that sector of the working-class characterised as `respectable'. Analysis of the interview material allows an examination of the part played by these women in maintaining this self-image and its importance for the family as a whole. It also allows for delineation of the variety of cultural perceptions which distinguished the `respectable' from the `rough' in terms of family size, childrearing practices, housewifely habits, attitudes towards drinking and the accepted roles of husbands, wives and children. The thesis also assesses the benefits to women of commitment to values of `respectability' and concludes that the price may have been to reinforce women's social identity as constrained to a single sphere - the home. 

Hill, A. (2001). "'No-one else could understand': Women's experiences of a support group run by and for mothers of sexually abused children." British Journal of Social Work 31(3): 385-397. yes A1d B13 C1a
	Previous studies have shown that when a woman finds out about the sexual abuse of her children the consequences for her are serious and can represent a major life crisis. Women in this position frequently report a lack of professional understanding and support. The current study explores the experiences of women attending a busy peer support group at the NSPCC in York. It demonstrates the vital role that peer support can play. It traces a variety of factors which mean that family, friends and social workers are not well placed to help. At the heart of these difficulties are the powerful feelings of guilt and failure in their role as mothers which the women experienced as a result of the sexual abuse of their children. For these women it was impossible to share with social workers their doubts about their own abilities as mothers, particularly in a context in which those workers were making judgements about their 'ability to protect'. On the other hand the support group provided a safe and non-judgemental forum in which these powerful emotions could be expressed and dealt with. The study explores the role that social workers can play in relation to such groups.

Project, Y. O. H. (1987) "York Memories at Home: Personal accounts of domestic life in York, 1900-1960". York. yes A3 B13 C1a. 
	
Rowntree, B. S. a. S., Frank (1921). The Responsibility Of Women Workers For Dependants, Clarendon Press. yes A1a B13 C3 Check inclued York