Challenging many of the values and conceits of Western civilization, the gay socialist writer Edward Carpenter had an extraordinary impact on the cultural and political landscape of the late 19th…

A sparkling portrait of when women were breaking all the rules about sex, politics and their place in the world.

In early 1917, as Britain was bogged down in a war it feared would never end, Alice Wheeldon, her two daughters, and her son were brought to trial and imprisoned…

This collection explores the effects of new technologies on women’s employment and on the nature of women’s work in the Third World.

A reassessment of the myth of the British ‘Winter of Discontent’, 1978-79, from the perspective of those involved, in particular, grassroots activists and the growing number of female activists.