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Feminist mental health activism in England, c. 1968-95 : Gender in History - Kate Mahoney

Feminist mental health activism in England, c. 1968-95

By: Kate Mahoney

Hardcover | 5 December 2023

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Feminist mental health activism in England, c.1968-1995 provides the first in-depth examination of feminist mental health activism in England, employing original oral history interviews alongside detailed case studies of unexplored feminist initiatives.

It charts how feminist activists in the late 1960s initially rejected psychological approaches, before employing a range of therapies to understand themselves and support one another. This book charts the emergence of feminist mental health groups in the early 1970s, the development of feminist therapy across the 1980s, and the influence of feminist politics on national charity Mind in the 1990s. It examines what participation in feminist activism felt like; demonstrating how these emotions have influenced the construction of its history. The book simultaneously forges a new direction in the history of mental healthcare in postwar England, establishing how feminists' grassroots support for women redefined 'community care'.

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'Kate Mahoney offers an engaging account of feminist mental health activism in twentieth-century England... Feminist Mental Health Activism contributes to disability history by contextualizing the experiences of psychiatric disability in a framework of feminism, activism, and the shifting scene of mental health care in England.' - H-Disability

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