Women Activists between War and Peace - Europe, 1918-1923

Women Activists between War and Peace employs a comparative approach in exploring women''s political and social activism across the European continent in the years that followed the First World War. It brings together leading scholars in the field to discuss the contribution of women''s movements in, and individual female activists from, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Russia and the United States. The book contains an introduction that helpfully outlines key concepts and broader, European-wide issues and concerns, such as peace, democracy and the role of the national and international in constructing the new, post-war political order. It then proceeds to examine the nature of women''s activism through the prism of five pivotal topics: * Suffrage and nationalism* Pacifism and internationalism * Revolution and socialism * Journalism and print media * War and the body A timeline and illustrations are also included in the book, along with a useful guide to further reading. This is a vitally important text for all students of women''s history, twentieth-century Europe and the legacy of the First World War.>

About the author

Ingrid Sharp is Professor of German Cultural and Gender History at the University of Leeds, UK. She is the editor of The Women's Movement in Wartime (co-edited with Alison Fell, 2007) and of Aftermaths of War (2011) and Women Activists between War and Peace (2017), both co-edited with Matthew Stibbe.Matthew Stibbe is Professor of Modern European History at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He is the author of several books, including Germany, 1914-1933: Politics, Society and Culture (2010), and the editor of several volumes of essays on 20th-century European themes, including Aftermaths of War (2011) and Women Activists between War and Peace (2017), both co-edited with Ingrid Sharp.

Product details

• Authors: Ingrid Sharp, Ingrid (University of Leeds Sharp, Ingrid Stibbe Sharp, Professor Ingrid (University of Leeds Sharp, Matthew Stibbe
• Assisted by: Ingrid Sharp (Editor), Ingrid (University of Leeds Sharp (Editor), Professor Ingrid (University of Leeds Sharp (Editor), Matthew Stibbe (Editor), Matthew (Professor of Modern European History Stibbe (Editor), Matthew (Senior Lecturer in European History Stibbe (Editor), Professor Matthew (Professor of Modern European History Stibbe (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781472578785
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-7878-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas