Pat Thane

Mary Chamberlain’s groundbreaking oral history turns 50. This new edition of Fenwomen: A Portrait of Women in an English Village invites reflection on half a century of change.

Why did only some women get the vote in 1918 and what did they do with it?

The lives of six Victorian radicals shed light on the struggle to establish feminism, social reform and the Labour movement.

Has the British family undergone an unparalleled breakdown since the 1960s, as is often claimed? Pat Thane argues that there never was a golden age of domestic bliss.

Pat Thane examines a publication on Britain in the 20th century and the military-industrial complex.

by J. Jean Hecht