Women and the City

MAVIS BAYTON Sociology Tutor, Ruskin College SUE BROWNILL Lecturer, School of Planning, Oxford Brookes University BEA CAMPBELL Visiting Professor of Women's Studies, Newcastle University CHARLOTTE COLEMAN Senior Lecturer and Research Associate, Transport Planning, Oxford Brookes University LIZ DOHERTY Oxford Brookes University, School of Hotel and Restaurant Management SUSANNA GRAHAM-JONES Practising GP, Oxford SARAH HARPER Senior Research Fellow and Director, Oxford Centre SATYA KARTARA Equal Opportunities Officer, Oxford City Council HELENA KENNEDY Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University KAREN KUEHNE Author SIMONETTA MANFREDI School of Languages, Oxford Brookes University CECILIA NATHANSEN MILWERTZ Research Fellow, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen CAROLINE MORRELL previously Ruskin College and Oxford Brookes University SIOBHAN REILLY Research Associate, School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Manchester HILARY ROLLIN School of Languages, Oxford Brookes University VERNA ROWLAND Housing Practitioner HELEN RUSSELL Research Officer, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin HILARY SIMPSON Human Resources Manager, Oxfordshire County Council ELIZABETH WILSON Professor of Cultural Studies, University of London

Using case-studies from Oxford to Beijing and Chicago, Women and the City shows women constructing their lives in the urban environment, sometimes working against a system where needs are marginalized.Using case-studies from Oxford to Beijing and Chicago, Women and the City shows women constructing their lives in the urban environment, sometimes working against a system where needs are marginalized. Women are shown as community activists, homeless women, carers, patients, travellers, rock musicians and workers. The book emphasizes women as active agents, and the contributors include women working in urban management as well as academics from diverse backgrounds.