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Women And Disability

The Experience Of Physical Disability Among Women

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  1. Susan Lonsdale
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Susan Lonsdale
    Pages 1-12

  3. The prevalence of disability

    • Susan Lonsdale
    Pages 13-27

  4. The social context of disability

    • Susan Lonsdale
    Pages 28-41

  5. Invisible women

    • Susan Lonsdale
    Pages 42-62

  6. Self-image and sexuality

    • Susan Lonsdale
    Pages 63-80

  7. Dependency

    • Susan Lonsdale
    Pages 81-97

  8. Employment

    • Susan Lonsdale
    Pages 98-120

  9. The financial consequences of disability

    • Susan Lonsdale
    Pages 121-141

  10. Discrimination and civil rights

    • Susan Lonsdale
    Pages 142-155

  11. Independence and self-determination

    • Susan Lonsdale
    Pages 156-170

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 171-186
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About this book

This book describes the experience of physical disability through detailed interviews with women of different ages, races and socio- economic backgrounds, and explores the impact of gender on the process of being or becoming disabled. It considers the significance of physical disability for a woman's self image and its impact on her sexuality, relationships, marriage and childrearing. The extent to which inadequate provision for disability makes a woman dependent is also examined, as is the way in which women with disabilities have been rendered invisible.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Women And Disability

  • Book Subtitle: The Experience Of Physical Disability Among Women

  • Authors: Susan Lonsdale

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20893-7

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1990

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 186

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Gender Studies

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