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Carol Dyhouse

Carol Dyhouse
Carol Dyhouse is Professor (Emeritus) of History at the University of Sussex. She has written extensively about the social history of women, gender, and education. Her recent publications include Glamour: Women, History, Feminism (2011) and Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women (2013). She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and in 2004 she was awarded an honorary D.Litt from the University of Winchester in recognition of her work on history and education.


Why Are We So Afraid of Female Desire?

On Sex and Moral Panic, from the Victorians to the Hays Code
June 1, 2017  By Carol Dyhouse
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