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Sexism in language

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

30.142 Female, Married, 15-24 yrs, Dull and backward, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"Very backward. [Male informant] thinks she is attractive. Married recently."


Siblings: 30.119, 30.118

Dates: Other: November 1946

30.143 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, Hysteria, November 1946

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/29
Scope and Contents

"A bitch but all right; writes very unpleasant letters to the teacher, her children are always right. Home conditions excellent."

Dates: Other: November 1946

Sch.19 Summary of two interviews with a married couple regarding the education of their children at non fee-paying local authority schools, female interviewer, 16 July 1962

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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/4/19
Scope and Contents INTVEEs think there should be more swimming pools and the children taught more sport. Male INTVEE thinks that the last year of school is a waste of time and that it is a mistake to reduce apprenticeships from 6 years to 5 years. Female INTVEE’s memory of Leith Walk School are lining up in front of the flag on Empire Day to salute it, they were taught housewifery and had a proper little house which they learned to run, made meals and washed and cooked. INTVEE’s daughter complains that the...
Dates: Other: 16 July 1962