‘Guilty Women’, Foreign Policy, and Appeasement in Inter-War Britain [electronic resource] /
Gottlieb, Julie V.author.
British women were deeply invested in foreign policy between the wars. This study casts new light on the turn to international affairs in feminist politics, the gendered representation and experience of the Munich Crisis, and the profound impression made by female public opinion on PM Neville Chamberlain in his negotiations with the dictators.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction-Guilty Women? Gendering Appeasement; 1 British Women and the Three Encounters: International, European, and Fascist; 2 Women's War on Fascism; 3 'Guilty Women:' Conspiracy and Collusion; 4 'Guilty Women:' Powers behind Thrones; 5 'To Speak a Few Words of Comfort to Them:' Conservative Women's Support for Chamberlain and Appeasement; 6 'Women Are the Best Friends of Mr Chamberlain's Policy:' Gendered Representations of Public Opinion
7 'Anyway Let's Have Peace:' Women's Expressions of Opinion on Appeasement8 'Don't Believe in Foreigners:' The Female Franchise Factor and the Munich By-elections; 9 The Women Churchillians and the Politics of Shame; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
British women were deeply invested in foreign policy between the wars. This study casts new light on the turn to international affairs in feminist politics, the gendered representation and experience of the Munich Crisis, and the profound impression made by female public opinion on PM Neville Chamberlain in his negotiations with the dictators.
Social history.
Great Britain—History.
World politics.
History, Modern.
Sociology.
International relations.
Social History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Political History.
Modern History.
Gender Studies.
Foreign Policy.