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Jane Kenrick

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Jane Kenrick
Born20 November 1946
Camberwell, London, England, UK
Died11 August 1988(1988-08-11) (aged 41)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Academic work
DisciplineFeminism, socialism, ideology of family life

Jane Elizabeth Kenrick (20 November 1946 – 11 August 1988) was an Oxford-educated British academic who specialised in subjects relating to women.[1]

Career

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Kenrick was a committed socialist, devoted to many causes, including active support to cleaners at Addenbrooke's Hospital during their strike in opposition to privatisation, in 1984.[2][3]

Recognition

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Kenrick was one of the woman featured in John Berger's TV series, Ways of Seeing (1972)[4] along with Anya Bostock, Eva Figes, Barbara Niven and Carola Moon.

An archive of Kenrick's papers can be found in Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.[1]

See also

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Bibliography

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  • "Politics and the construction of women as second-class workers", in The dynamics of labor market segmentation (1981), edited by Frank Wilkinson. London: Academic Press.[5]
  • As editor: Friendship & The Greek City by Gabriel Herman[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b J. Foster; J. Sheppard (30 April 2016). British Archives: A Guide to Archive Resources in the UK. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-349-65228-0.
  2. ^ S.A. (1990). "Obituary: Jane Kenrick 1946–1988". History Workshop Journal. 29 (1): 223–224. doi:10.1093/hwj/29.1.223. ISSN 1477-4569.
  3. ^ Jacqueline Hansen Maggiore (2010). Vessel of Clay: The Inspirational Journey of Sister Carla. University of Scranton Press. pp. 68, 87. ISBN 978-1-58966-217-9.
  4. ^ "Seeing Women Seeing Women". Network Awesome, by A Wolfe. Jan. 19, 2018
  5. ^ Wilkinson, Frank (24 October 2013). The Dynamics of Labour Market Segmentation. Elsevier. ISBN 9780323155892.
  6. ^ Herman, Gabriel (8 August 2002). Ritualised Friendship and the Greek City. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521522106.
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