Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Abigail Gregory and Usula Tidd -- Women in paid work / Abigail Gregory -- Women's unpaid work and leisure / Jan Windebank -- Women and the media / Maggie Allison -- Women and politics / Máire Fedelma Cross -- Women and language / Kate Beeching -- Women's writing / Gill Rye -- Immigrant and ethnic minority women / Jane Freedman -- Visible subjects : lesbians in contemporary France / Ursula Tidd -- Women in rural France / Marion Demossier.

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