Download or read book Women in British Public Life, 1914 - 50 written by Helen Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the ways in which women challenged the British educational, employment and welfare systems after the franchise. Helen Jones explores how women adapted their strategies to confront the system from within, and what constraints were imposed on them. She also examines the active role that British women played in Continental Europe, and an important comparative chapter looks at the experience of women in France, Germany, Italy, Australia and the USA.