Overview
- Takes a long view of the origins of Ireland’s anti-abortion culture, examining its history in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Examines the lived realities of abortion travel for Irish women and the impact on heath and health care provision
- Joins past narratives with contemporary debates surrounding the Irish abortion narrative both in the home and in the city
Part of the book series: Genders and Sexualities in History (GSX)
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Reviews
“The Irish Abortion Journey, 1920–2018 holds a potential for intersectionality. … The authors make an outstanding connection between the history and politics of the last hundred years and the social and economic reality of women and Irish life on both sides of the frontier. Adding feminism as the core of the debate, they also pay a debt to many women. The richness of their debate must be extolled because it will serve as the basis for subsequent analysis.” (Cristina Díaz Pérez, Gender, Issue 2, 2020)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Diane Urquhart is Professor of Modern Irish History at the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, UK. She has published widely on gender, class, women and politics, and marriage. Her books include Women in Ulster Politics, 1890-1940 (2000), The Ladies of Londonderry: Women and Political Patronage, 1800-1959 (2007) and her forthcoming monograph on the history of Irish divorce will provide the first comprehensive history of the subject.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Irish Abortion Journey, 1920–2018
Authors: Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Diane Urquhart
Series Title: Genders and Sexualities in History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03855-7
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03854-0Published: 20 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03855-7Published: 30 January 2019
Series ISSN: 2730-9479
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9487
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 158
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Cultural History, Gender and Sexuality, Social History