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Zusatztext By exploring the very different political ideas, especially those concerning citizenship, and the very different practices evident amongst the several different groups that made up the militant suffrage movement, Laura Mayhall's important work provides a quite new understanding of the phenomenon of militancy--one that will fundamentally change how the history of British feminism is understood. Laura E. Nym Mayhall teaches in the Department of History at the Catholic University of America. Klappentext The image of middle-class women chaining themselves to the rails of 10 Downing Street! smashing windows of public buildings! and going on hunger strikes in the cause of "votes for women" have become visually synonymous with the British suffragette movement over the past century. Their storyhas become a defining moment in feminist history! in effect separating women's fight for voting rights from contemporary issues in British political history and disconnecting their militancy from other forms of political activism in Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries.Drawing upon private papers! pamphlets! newspapers! and the records of a range of suffrage and political organizations! Laura E. Nym Mayhall examines militancy as both a political idea and a set of practices that suffragettes employed to challenge their exclusion from the political nation. Shetraces the development of the suffragettes' concept of resistance from its origins within radical liberal discourse in the 1860s! to its emergence as political practice during Britain's involvement in the South African War! its reliance on dramatic spectacle by suffragette organizations! and itsmemorialization following enfranchisement. She reads closely the language and tactics militants used! analyzing their challenges in the courtroom! on the street! and through legislation as reasoned actions of female citizens. The differences in strategy among militants are highlighted! not just inthe use of violence! but also in their acceptance and rejection of the authority of the law and their definitions of the ideal relationship between individuals and the state. Variations in the nature of protest continued even during WorldWar I! when most suffragettes suspended their activities toserve the nation's war effort! while others joined peace movements! opposed the state's reduction of civil liberties in wartime! and continued the struggle for suffrage.Mayhall's revealing account of the mi Zusammenfassung This title examines the strategies that suffragettes employed to challenge the definitions of citizenship in Britain. It examines the resistance origins within liberal political tradition, its emergence during Britain's involvement in the South African War, and its enactment as spectacle....
