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Quiet Revolutionaries - The Married Women's Association and Family Law (Hardcover)
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Quiet Revolutionaries - The Married Women's Association and Family Law (Hardcover)
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This book tells the untold story of the Married Women's
Association. Unlike more conventional histories of family law,
which focus on legal actors, it highlights the little-known yet
indispensable work of a dedicated group of life-long activists.
Formed in 1938, the Married Women's Association took reform of
family property law as its chief focus. The name is deceptively
innocuous, suggesting tea parties and charity fundraisers, but in
fact the MWA was often involved in dramatic confrontations with
politicians, civil servants, and Law Commissioners. The Association
boasted powerful public figures, including MP Edith Summerskill,
authors Vera Brittain and Dora Russell, and barrister Helena
Normanton. They campaigned on matters that are still being debated
in family law today. Quiet Revolutionaries sheds new light upon
legal reform then and now by challenging longstanding assumptions,
showing that piecemeal legislation can be an effective stepping
stone to comprehensive reform and highlighting how unsuccessful
bills, though often now forgotten, can still be important triggers
for change. Drawing upon interviews with members' friends and
family, and thousands of archival documents, the book is compulsory
reading for lawyers, legal historians, and anyone who wishes to
explore histories of law reform from the ground up. To listen to
podcast episodes about the Married Women's Association, featuring
interviews and archival research, visit
quietrevolutionaries.podbean.com.
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