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020			_a9781509929443 _q(online)
020			_a9781509929429 _q(ePub)
020			_z9781509929412 _q(hardback)
024	7		_a10.5040/9781509929443 _2doi
035			_a(OCoLC)1291222426
040			_aCaBNVSL _beng _erda _cCaBNVSL _dCaBNVSL
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050		4	_aKD750 _b.T567 2022eb
082	0	4	_a346/.41/015 _223
100	1		_aThompson, Sharon, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aQuiet revolutionaries : _bthe Married Women's Association and family law / _cSharon Thompson.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aLondon [England] : _bHart Publishing, _c2022
264		2	_a[London, England] : _bBloomsbury Publishing, _c2022
300			_a1 online resource (160 pages).
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
506			_aAbstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers.
520			_a"This book provides a unique analysis of how our current law has been shaped by feminist activism, exploring the attempts of the Married Women's Association (MWA) to reform family property law over the 50-year period between 1938-1988. Initiated by former suffragettes, the Married Women's Association formed in 1938 with one ambition: equal partnership in marriage. Their campaigns represent a turning point in the history of marital property and helped to form the legal landscape of family law today, yet their story has never been told. The book employs an innovative blend of feminist legal history and biography to produce the first account of the MWA's work towards economic and legal equality between spouses. It focuses on the MWA's defeats as well as its successes, placing particular emphasis on the Association's failed Bills. This focus on failure is a subversive act; it is a commentary on how and why law is reformed, and on the limitations of law in achieving gender equality. This in turn provides vital insight into processes of family law reform and into questions about marriage and divorce that are proving newsworthy and provocative today. The book will ensure that, once illuminated, the missing stories of feminist strategies to reform law - both successful and unsuccessful - will not be forgotten."-- _cProvided by publisher.
532	0		_aCompliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
610	2	0	_aMarried Women's Association.
650		0	_aDomestic relations _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aWomen's rights _zGreat Britain.
650		0	_aMarried women _zGreat Britain _xLegal status, laws, etc.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781509929412
856	4	0	_3Abstract with links to full text _uhttps://doi.org/10.5040/9781509929443?locatt=label:secondary_bloomsburyCollections _qtext/html
975			_aHart Publishing 2022
999			_c10599 _d10599