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When a woman is not a woman: how the Ministry of Pensions constructed gender in the 1950s
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When a woman is not a woman: how the Ministry of Pensions constructed gender in the 1950s
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51 minutes
Released:
Dec 16, 2011
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Podcast episode
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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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