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A queer history of the word ‘wife’

6 June 2019

Dr Rebecca Jennings (UCL History) discusses Samuel Adamson’s new play ‘Wife’, a fresh take on Ibsen’s 'A Doll’s House', which explores the changing meaning of the word wife through successive generations.

Listen: BBC Radio 4’s ‘Woman’s Hour’ (from 20 mins 8 secs)