The Refuge: My Journey to the Safe House for Battered Women

The Refuge: My Journey to the Safe House for Battered Women

Jenny Smith

Språken
FörlagSimon & Schuster UK
ISBN9781471129490

Until 1971, female victims of domestic violence were expected to 'kiss and make up' with their husbands, hide their black eyes and bruises, and bear the shame that somehow their partners' brutality was their fault. Chiswick Women's Aid was Europe's first ever refuge for what were then called 'batter