Dreamers of a New Day. Sheila Rowbotham

      First published by Verso 2010

      © Sheila Rowbotham 2010

      All rights reserved

      The moral rights of the author have been asserted

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      Verso is the imprint of New Left Books

      ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-613-2

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      Typeset in Bembo by Hewer Text UK Ltd, Edinburgh

      Printed in the US by Maple Vail

      Contents

       List of Illustrations

       Introduction

       1 Adventurers in the Everyday

       2 How to Be

       3 The Problem of Sex

       4 ‘What Every Girl Should Know’

       5 Motherhood

       6 New Housework: New Homes

       7 Consumer Power

       8 Labour Problems

       9 Reworking Work

       10 Democratizing Daily Life: Redesigning Democracy

       Conclusion

       Acknowledgements

       Notes

       Archives Consulted

       Selected Bibliography

       Newspapers and Periodicals Consulted

       Index