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A Force To Be Reckoned With: A History of the Women's Institute by Jane Robinson (Hardcover, 2011)

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Everyone knows three things about the Women's Institute: that they spent the war making jam; the sensational Calendar Girls were WI; and, more recently, that slow-handclapping of Tony Blair. 215,000 women in the UK belong to the WI. Their membership crosses class and has recently begun to recruit huge numbers of young women (eg Shoreditch Sisters (check))/ It was founded in 1915, not by worthy ladies in tweeds but by the feistiest women in the country, including suffragettes, academics and social crusaders who discovered the heady power of sisterhood, changing women's lives and their world in the process. Certainly its members made jam and sang 'Jerusalem', but they did, and do, much more besides. This fascinating book reveals for the first time how they are - and always were - a force to be reckoned with.

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PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group

ISBN-139781844086597

eBay Product ID (ePID)109309947

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Number of Pages304 Pages

Publication NameA Force to Be Reckoned With: a History of the Women's Institute

LanguageEnglish

SubjectZoology, History

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Organisations

AuthorJane Robinson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height241 mm

Item Weight660 g

Item Width159 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorJane Robinson

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by coomb_roge
21 Feb, 2018
Recognising the value of the WI
This month has seen the centenary of the founding of the WI here in Yateley in Hampshire. They have held their celebration, to which I was invited as Chairman of the local Civic Society. I felt that although I know a fair bit about the history of the local branch I need to have more contextual background of the national movement. This book provides it. Roger Coombes Yateley February 2018
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by kaye1894
17 Aug, 2019
The history of the WI
An excellent read, not only for members of the WI.
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