Feminism, UK Women’s Magazines and the Women who Created Them, 1975-1992 by Sharon Maxwell Magnus, Hardcover, 9781032771755 | Buy online at The Nile
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Feminism, UK Women’s Magazines and the Women who Created Them, 1975-1992

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Author: Sharon Maxwell Magnus   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History

Feminism, UK Women’s Magazines and the Women who Created Them, 1975-1992
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This book analyses how reproductive rights and sexual freedoms, the political sphere, women’s role in the workplace and sexual violence were positioned and depicted by three magazines with very different demographics: Spare Rib, Cosmopolitan and Woman’s Own.

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This book analyses how reproductive rights and sexual freedoms, the political sphere, women’s role in the workplace and sexual violence were positioned and depicted by three magazines with very different demographics: Spare Rib, Cosmopolitan and Woman’s Own.

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This book analyses how reproductive rights and sexual freedoms, the political sphere, women’s role in the workplace and sexual violence were positioned and depicted by three magazines with very different demographics: Spare Rib, Cosmopolitan and Woman’s Own.

The 1970s and 1980s were a time of enormous cultural shifts for women: The rise of the feminist Women’s Liberation Movement, ground-breaking equality legislation and greater reproductive freedoms impacted on most women’s lives in a plethora of ways. However, until now there has been little attention to how those changes were disseminated to and framed within women’s media. This is because most media of the period were run by men, for men and focused on men’s lives. However, within women’s magazines, the changes in women’s lives and feminism itself were framed, debated and contested.

This volume features unique interviews with the influential women who produced the magazines (Spare Rib, Cosmopolitan and Woman’s Own) and who give insights into the national and international events, ideologies and constraints which impacted on their content creation.

This book will be of great value to contemporary historians, students of gender and cultural studies, media scholars and those who are interested in finding out how feminism influenced their parents’ and their own generation.

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Critic Reviews

Not only does this book document the recent history of women’s magazines and their role in our changing ideology and identity, it also provides invaluable insight into the social history of Gen X women born during a time of radical changes when feminist ideology experienced one of its broadest shifts. Many astute lessons can be drawn from this work. Developed through articulate research, it has evolved into a thoughtfully constructed narrative with verve and pace, culminating in an insightful narrative for historians, industry professionals and magazine enthusiasts. Indeed, Sharon Maxwell-Magnus has successfully bridged that impossible gap by developing a text for academics and professionals, each of whom can draw on those valuable, real-world examples documented within these chapters.

Mary Hogarth, academic, media specialist and author of Business Strategies for Magazine Publishing (Routledge, 2018) and Writing Feature Articles (Routledge, 2019).

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About the Author

Dr. Sharon Maxwell Magnus is Principal Lecturer in Mass Media at the University of Hertfordshire. She was an award-winning journalist for UK national publications, including newspapers and for a wide range of magazines. Her research interests are print and digital media, women’s media and prominent but neglected historical women. Recent work has been published in the Handbook of Magazine Studies (2020) and Transforming Magazines (2022).

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd | Routledge
Published
30th June 2025
Pages
206
ISBN
9781032771755

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