PUBLIC LECTURE: "Unmarried Motherhood in Britain, 1918 to now"

Pat Thane, Professor of Contemporary History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London

Leverhulme Professor of Contemporary British History Director, Centre for Contemporary British History Convenor, MA in Contemporary British History Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; Chair of the Social History Society; Chair of the Editorial Board, Twentieth Century British History; Member of the Peer Review Colleges of the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council.

Selected Publications: 'What difference did the vote make? Women in public and private life in Britain since 1918', Historical Research (May 2003);

Cassell's Companion to Twentieth Century Britain (2001);

Old Age in English History: Past Experiences, Present Issues (Oxford University Press, 2000);

Women and Ageing in British Society since 1500, co-edited with Lynn Botelho (Longman, 2001);

Labour's First Century: a Centenary History of the Labour Party, co-edited with D. Tanner and N. Tiratsoo (2000);

The Foundations of the Welfare State (2nd edn., Longman, 1996).

Current Research Grants: ESRC, 2004-7 - 'Unmarried motherhood in Britain, 1918-90'.

Areas of research supervision: women's and gender history, demographic history, social and economic policy, history of the Labour party since early 20th century.

RSVP to [email protected] or phone (08) 6488 1340.