Elizabeth Wilson

Elizabeth Wilson (born 1936) is a British scholar best known for her writing on feminism and popular culture. She was a professor at University of North London and the London College of Fashion. She has written books on feminist politics, fashion history, urban life, and popular culture. Her novels The Twilight Hour, War Damage, The Girl in Berlin, and She Died Young were published by Serpent's Tail. She has written for The Guardian and New Statesman and was a frequent broadcaster on BBC Radio 4.

Life In her early life, Elizabeth Wilson's family was employed in positions in the government of the British Empire. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and St Anne's College. She trained as a psychiatric social worker at the London School of Economics.

Wilson was a prominent member of the campaign group Feminists Against Censorship. Wilson wrote for underground papers of the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Frendz, Come Togetherm and Red Rag. She was a founding member of the editorial group of Feminist Review (1979–1985) and a member of the editorial board of the New Left Review (1990–1992). From 1990 to 1993, she was a member of the executive committee of Liberty, also called the National Council for Civil Liberties. Later in life, she joined the Green Party. She also wrote for The Guardian, the New Statesman, and New Left Review, as well as broadcasting for television and radio.

Wilson's third novel, The Twilight Hour, was well-reviewed by The Independent and received a mixed review from Kirkus Reviews.

Works Non-fiction books

As author Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon, 2014 Cultural Passions: Fans, Aesthetes and Tarot Readers, 2013 Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity, 2003 Bohemians: The Glamorous Outcasts, 2000 The Contradictions of Culture: Cities, Culture, Women, 2000 The Sphinx in the City: Urban Life, the Control of Disorder and Women, 1992 Through the Looking Glass: A History of Dress from 1860 to the Present Day, 1989 (with Lou Taylor) Hidden Agendas: Theory, Politics and Experience in the Women's Movement, 1986 (with Angela Mason) Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity, 1985 What Is to Be Done About Violence Against Women?, 1982 Only Halfway to Paradise: Women in Postwar Britain, 1945-1968, 1980 Women and the Welfare State, 1977

As co-editor

Body Dressing, 2001 (co-editor with Joanne Entwistle) Defining Dress: Dress as Object, Meaning, and Identity, 1999 (co-editor with Amy de la Haye) Chic Thrills: A Fashion Reader, 1992 (co-editor with Juliet Ash) Pornography and Feminism: The Case Against Censorship, 1991 (co-editor with Gillian Rogerson)

Other books She Died Young: A Life in Fragments, 2015 The Girl in Berlin, 2012 War Damage, 2009 The Twilight Hour, 2006 The Lost Time Cafe, 1993 Hallucinations: Life in the Postmodern City, 1988 Mirror Writing: An Autobiography, 1983

Selected articles