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When a woman is not a woman: how the Ministry of Pensions constructed gender in the 1950s
When a woman is not a woman: how the Ministry of Pensions constructed gender in the 1950s
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Dec 16, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Dr Louise Chambers investigates why, in the 1950s, the Ministry of Pensions was inundated with requests by individuals to change their gender identity on their employment and pension records.
Released:
Dec 16, 2011
Format:
Podcast episode
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