What was different about the environments that women created as architects, designers and clients at a time when they were gaining increasing political and social status in a male world? Through a series of case studies, Women's Places: Architecture and Design 1860-1960, examines in detail the professional and domestic spaces created by women who had money and the opportunity to achieve their ideal. Set against a background of accepted notions of modernity relating to design and architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this book provides a fascinating insight into...
What was different about the environments that women created as architects, designers and clients at a time when they were gaining increasing politica...
Using forty-five interviews with former members and sympathisers, this book traces the development of the Women's section of the France government from its roots in the Spanish fascist party to its role in the dictatorship up to 1959. The study reveals that despite its anti feminist agenda, the section was, in some areas, a catalyst for women's emancipation in post-France Spain.
Using forty-five interviews with former members and sympathisers, this book traces the development of the Women's section of the France government fro...
