The ideas and actions of women from the 60s to the 80s are traced, aiming to show the significance for individual action. It shows how every woman can contribute to change, by highlighting key issues which will determine the options open to women in the 1990s.

Sheila Rowbotham has been active in the womens' movement in Britain since the 1960s and has writen many books including "Woman's Consciousness, Man's World", "Women, Resistance and Revolution" and "Dutiful Daughters".

Part 1 The family and housework: hanging out nappies in the moonlight
larger domains
dusting her life away. Part 2 Fertility and desire: not an easy choice
the body politic
disentangling desire
the motherknot. Part 3 Self-help and the state: sharing the caring
in and against the state. Part 4 The working life: impediments to equality
what's in a job?
better times
a woman's place is in her union. Part 5 Identity and community: breaking images
making links.