Feminism and Democracy - Women''s Suffrage and Reform Politics in Britain, 1900-1918

Klappentext This book offers a reinterpretation of the women's suffrage movement in Britain. Zusammenfassung This book offers a reinterpretation of the women's suffrage movement in Britain! looking instead at the lesser-known provincial suffragists! especially that group! identified by Sandra Holton as the 'democratic suffragists'! who guided the campaigns of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Illustrations; Introduction; 1. 'Feminising democracy': the ethos of the women's-suffrage movement; 2. Militants and constitutionalists; 3. Adult suffrage or women's suffrage?; 4. A suffrage - labour alliance; 5. Suffrage - labour campaigning 1913-14; 6. The women's-suffrage movement and the impact of war; 7. Winning the vote; Postscript; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Stanley Holton, Sandra Stanley (Trinity College Holton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2003
• EAN: 9780521521215
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52121-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education