Title: Housing and homelessness : a feminist perspective /
Authors: Watson, Sophie; Austerberry, Helen
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Homelessness Great Britain History.; Homeless women Great Britain History.; Poor women Housing Great Britain.; Housing policy Great Britain; Women social conditions; United Kingdom
Contents: Introduction -- Definitions of homelessness -- Homeless women -- an historical perspective: from industrialization to the Second World War -- Homeless women -- an historical perspective: from the Second World War until the early 1980s -- The family and housing: the marginalization of single households -- Experiences and definitions of homelessness-the women's viewpoint -- Women's housing and homelessness: a focus on the family -- Homeless women and the labour market -- Where to now? Housing preferences and strategies.