Includes bibliography (pp. 231-250) and index.
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Notes on the text -- Introduction -- 1. Governance, economy and society -- 2. Education, work and health -- 3. Marriage -- 4. Domestic abuse and sexual violence -- 5. Female criminality and prostitution -- 6. Public office, the vote and States membership -- Conclusion -- Distribution of female occupations, 1851 and 1951 -- Guernsey women's history timeline -- Female States deputies, February 1924-March 2016 -- Bibliography -- Index.