Century of Women: How Women Have Transformed the World since 1900

The book explores how women have transformed politics, demography, economics, culture, knowledge, and kinship in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, providing a comparative analysis of developments worldwide. It highlights the radical demographic shifts since 1900 and the economic gender gap, and examines how women have become both beneficiaries of new economic opportunities and participants in developing new forms of inequality.

Format: Hardback
Length: 242 pages
Publication date: 05 April 2018
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

This groundbreaking text delves into the extraordinary transformations that women have brought about in the realms of politics, demography, economics, culture, knowledge, and kinship throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With a global perspective, the book offers a comprehensive comparative analysis of developments worldwide, highlighting both progress and emerging tensions and inequalities resulting from women's entry into politics, wage employment, education, and cultural production.

Beginning with the struggle for suffrage, Maria Bucur explores how women have reshaped the operations of states and international institutions. She examines the profound demographic shifts since 1900, focusing on the changing practices in women's sexuality, encompassing birth control, education, and more. Bucur also highlights the ongoing economic gender gap, examining how women have benefited from new economic opportunities while also contributing to the development of new forms of inequality.

Moving beyond these quantitative aspects, the author delves into the remarkable achievements of women in the fields of knowledge making and cultural production. She considers the implications of these changes for gender norms and evolving kinship relations, presenting a fresh perspective on contemporary world history. By centering the narrative on how women have become both subjects and objects of seismic shifts in political, social, and economic structures across societies, the book offers a comprehensive understanding of the profound impact that women have had on the world.

Weight: 518g
Dimension: 161 x 237 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781442257382