This book brings together edited extracts from classic texts by the internationally renowned feminist sociologist, Ann Oakley, starting with work first published in the early 1970s. Ann Oakley's research and writing on sex and gender, housework, motherhood, women's health, and social science, have enormously influenced the thinking of many inside and beyond social science, and have helped to shape the academic study of women and gender right up to the present day. Each section of the book is prefaced by Oakleys reflections on how her original studies relate to more recent research and theoretical perspectives. The Ann Oakley Reader provides a valuable commentary on 30 years work on women, gender and social science methodology.
