Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Early 1940: British Restaurants were established by the...
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Early 1940
British Restaurants
were established by the government to try to meet a national guarantee of one good, coupon-free meal per day.
Minns, Raynes. Bombers and Mash: The Domestic Front 1939-45. Virago, 1980.
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Ziegler, Philip. London at War. Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
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May 1947: The housewives debate was held in the House...
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May 1947
The housewives debate was held in the House of Commons
in which male Members of Parliament spoke against keeping wartime British Restaurants
open and in favour of wives cooking for men at home.
Wilson, Elizabeth. Only Halfway to Paradise: Women in Postwar Britain, 1945-1968. Tavistock, 1980.
